THE GATHERER.
"A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles."
SHAKSPEARE.
IAMBICS.
Iambe was a servant-maid of Metanira, wife of Celeus, king of Eleusis, who tried to exhilarate Ceres when she travelled over Attica in quest of her daughter
Proserpine. From the jokes and stories which she made use of, free and satirical verses have been called
iambics