Oculus Britanniae An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst] |
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But where, encompass'd with a mingled blaze
Of doughty sculls, shall I begin to praise?
Where'er around I cast my wondring eyes,
Heroic bards and shining beaux arise;
In the same jovial common room I see
The prim canonic bob and smart tupeè;
Grave criticks here on modern authors prey,
And deep logicians puzzle sense away;
Pert crambo-wags with subtil school-men joke,
And punsters and divines in consort smoke.
Of doughty sculls, shall I begin to praise?
Where'er around I cast my wondring eyes,
Heroic bards and shining beaux arise;
In the same jovial common room I see
The prim canonic bob and smart tupeè;
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And deep logicians puzzle sense away;
Pert crambo-wags with subtil school-men joke,
And punsters and divines in consort smoke.
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