“Wēāry̆ wăy-wāndĕrĕr,” &c. &c.
IMITATION.
DACTYLICS.
Being the quintessence of all the Dactylics that ever were, or ever will be written.
HUMBLY ADDRESSED TO THE AUTHOR OF THE ABOVE.
Wearisome Sonnetteer, feeble and querulous,
Painfully dragging out thy demo-cratic lays—
Moon-stricken Sonnetteer, “ah! for thy heavy chance!”
Sorely thy Dactylics lag on uneven feet:
Slow is the syllable which thou wouldst urge to speed,