Heed well before from him ye tickets hire—
This season is a mist of miseries;
So once more heap fresh coals upon the fire.
Floreant-Lauri (J. M. Lowry).
This parody was afterwards included in A Book of Jousts, edited by James M. Lowry. London, Field and Tuer.
Ballade of Cricket.
The burden of long fielding: when the clay
Clings to thy shoon, in sudden shower’s down-pour,
And running still thou stumblest; or the ray