The Monthly Parodies.
AN APOLOGY.
After William Morris’s “Earthly Paradise.”
Of Love or War this is no hour to sing,
But I may ease the burden of your fears
(Lest you think death to mirth is happening),
And quote from wit of past and present years,
Till o’er these pages you forget your tears,
And smile again, as presently you say
Some idle jingle—or forgotten lay.