THE BATTLE OF THE BARDS;

Or, The Lists for the Laurels.

Fytte the Second.

"Wire in, my warblers!" PUNCHIUS cried. "To 'wire,'

Though slangy, sounds appropriate to the Lyre."

Then forth there toddled with the mincing gait

Of some fair "Tottering Lily," him, the great

New Bard of Buddha! Grave, and grey of crest.