Margérie!

One to the clerk her knell shall toll,

And one to masses for her soul;—

C’est ça Sainte Margérie!

From Poems and Parodies. By Two Undergrads. Oxford. B. H. Blackwell, 1880.

(This little paper-covered pamphlet was originally published at the price of one shilling; it was withdrawn from circulation, and is consequently very scarce.)


Sitting up all Night with a Lily.

Oh, fulsome the joy of the fading light!

Oh, fainting of lilies with broken stem!