... in the volume many humorous poems of the kind just described. The more serious include two poems each by Randall and Ticknor, one each by Hayne, Hope, Flash, Meek, Pike, Simms, and J. R. Thompson, Timrod 's A Cry to Arms and Palmer's , the last two published, however, anonymously. There are also many parodies of famous songs such as , , , , , , etc. It was probably this collection that formed th...