Often, more than once, yea, frequently,
(Like the Major-General to the “Pirates”)
To make fun, of stately solemn subjects,
Turning upside down what’s art to others,
Not, mind you, deriding its true nature,
But the while its maker truly loving.
Does he paint? then straight burlesque his picture,
Does he write? then parody his poems,
Show, as proof how well you know your author,
Once, or twice, and then the last time going