DGR's parody street ballad is an ironical, not to say cynical, critique of the entire socio-political sceneâof the French revolutionaries, of the English Chartists, and of the government.
The poem was first published by WMR in 1898 in the
Pall Mall Magazine
, âSome Scraps of Verse and Proseâ, presumably from the Ashley Library manuscript.
This collection contains 3 texts and images, including:
1911
Scholarly Commentary
IntroductionÂ
DGR's parody street ballad is an ironical, not to say cynical, critique of the entire socio-political sceneâof the French revolutionaries, of the English Chartists, and of the government.
Printing HistoryÂ
The poem was first published by WMR in 1898 in the Pall Mall Magazine , âSome Scraps of Verse and Proseâ, presumably from the Ashley Library manuscript.