Takes and massacres the lot.

No! I needn’t, for it’s certain.

That in sympathy you’d choke,

With emotion at the burden,

Bf this ballad-slinging bloke.

Heber K. Daniels.

From The South Western Star.


Truth for October 14th, 1886, contained half-a-dozen ballads written in the style of Mr. Sims’s poems. The three following may be quoted as interesting imitations, but it will be seen that they do not parody any particular poem:—

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