But Byrne himself is the parodist, and he commands the stage by his hollow-eyed, frosty verve.
English serious opera has not often fallen a prey to the untender mercies of the parodist.
A 'Parodist's Apology,' added in the later edition of the Lapsus.
A theme more delicate and intimate than that of our Friends in fiction awaits a more passionate writer than the present parodist.
As a writer of light verse and as a parodist, his agile work has delighted a generation of admirers.
He first made his mark as a parodist and a writer of humorous Latin verse.
