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For the remainder of this exquisite parody, readers are referred to Mr. H. D. Traill’s Recaptured Rhymes (London, W, Blackwood & Sons, 1882), in which work it was republished.
Eve.
(An Imitation.)
“Dasz ich genossen des Wissens Frucht,
Das kannst du nicht mehr aendern.”—[H. Heine.]
The serpent tempted thee to shame,
Mother Eve.
God’s direst vengeance on thee came,