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APOLLO MADE, ONE APRIL DAY,

A NEW THING IN THE RHYMING WAY;
ITS TURN WAS NEAT, ITS WIT WAS CLEAR,
IT WAVERED 'TWIXT A SMILE AND TEAR;
THEN MOMUS GAVE A TOUCH SATIRIC,
AND IT BECAME A "LONDON LYRIC."

ROWFANT, October

I,

1881.

[A. D.]

CHRONOLOGY

FREDERICK LOCKER LAMPSON

Born in Greenwich Hospital

Entered Somerset House .

Transferred to Admiralty

Married Lady Charlotte Bruce

Quitted Civil Service.

Published London Lyrics, first edition
Published Lyra Elegantiarum

Lady Charlotte Locker died

Married Miss Hannah Jane Lampson
Published Patchwork

Took name of Lampson

Rowfant Library Catalogue issued

Enlarged edition of Lyra Elegantiarum

Published London Lyrics, twelfth edition
Died at Rowfant, Sussex

My Confidences published

Appendix to Rowfant Catalogue issued