By the barking and the braying things, our brothers
Like whom we sing;
By all the fatuous things, our near relations,
That chaunt and cheer us;
By Leeds, and Liberal associations
Oh, Freedom, hear us!”
St. James’s Gazette.
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Parodies of Mr. Swinburne’s Political Poems.
Numerous parodies have been written of Mr. Swinburne’s political poems, and of these some have already appeared in this collection.