This is the fourth book in a series called Old Ruins, preceded by 1. The City Being a Pastiche of Book One of George Crabbe's The Village. 2. The Flowers Celandine: A Pastiche of Sundry English Verse for the Drawer of the Hostess on Call. 3. An Evening Pastiche: In Homage to William Wordsworth. 4. The Rat-trappist, much less of a narrative ballad, contains odes of in of an affflicted conscience, in a man recalling the separation from a woman he lost, and the type of woman with which he must presently settle. Formerly published by Literary Pastiche, this book is icontained by the new publisher's serial, Master-Reproduction Series, No 4. Ramsey & Short Publishing, formed as a Bradley Andrew Ramsey, co.  2020.