PARODIES

OF THE WORKS OF

ENGLISH and AMERICAN AUTHORS,

COLLECTED AND ANNOTATED BY

WALTER HAMILTON,

Fellow of the Royal Geographical and Royal Historical Societies;
Author of “A History of National Anthems and Patriotic Songs,” “A Memoir of George Cruikshank”
“The Poets Laureate of England,” “The Æsthetic Movement in England,” etc.

“We maintain that, far from converting virtue into a paradox, and degrading truth by ridicule, Parody will only strike atwhat is chimerical and false; it is not a piece of buffoonery so much as a critical exposition. What do we parody but the absurditiesof writers, who frequently make their heroes act against nature, common-sense, and truth? After all, it is the public, not we, who arethe authors of these Parodies.”

D’Israeli’s Curiosities of Literature.

VOLUME III.

CONTAINING PARODIES OF

LORD BYRON. SCOTCH SONGS.

SIR WALTER SCOTT. ROBERT SOUTHEY.

CHARLES KINGSLEY. THOMAS CAMPBELL.

THE POETRY OF THE ANTI-JACOBIN.

Miss C. FANSHAWE. THOMAS MOORE.

A. C. SWINBURNE. ROBERT BURNS.

Mrs. FELICIA HEMANS. OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

REEVES & TURNER, 196, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.
1886.

BROWN & DAVENPORT, 40, SUN STREET, FINSBURY, LONDON, E.C.

INDEX.

The authors of the original poems are arranged in alphabetical order; the titles of the original poemsare printed in small capitals, followed by the Parodies, the authors of which are named, in italics,wherever possible.