Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) / A Comment Upon the History of Tom Thumb, 1711, by William / Wagstaffe; The Knave of Hearts, 1787, by George Canning

by William Wagstaffe; George Canning

Did him much Pleasure show;

And good Sir Lancelot of Lake,

Sir Tristram, and Sir Guy;

But none like to Tom Thumb

For Acts of Chivalry.

Longeque ante omnia Corpora Nisus

Emicat——

And agen,

Post Elymus subit, & nunc tertia palma Diores.

In Honour of which noble Day,