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Verses inscribed in the Supplement to the Rowfant Catalogue
1902
How often to the worthy sire
Succeeds the unworthy son!
Extinguished is the ancient fire,
Books were the idol of the squire,
The graceless heir has none.
Succeeds the unworthy son!
Extinguished is the ancient fire,
Books were the idol of the squire,
The graceless heir has none.
To Sotheby's go old and new,
Bindings and prose and rhymes,
With Shakespeare as with Padeloup
The sporting lord has naught to do—
He reads the Sporting Times.
Bindings and prose and rhymes,
With Shakespeare as with Padeloup
The sporting lord has naught to do—
He reads the Sporting Times.
Behold a special act of grace;
On Rowfants' shelves behold
The well-loved volumes keep their place
And new-born glories half efface
The splendours of the old.
On Rowfants' shelves behold
The well-loved volumes keep their place
And new-born glories half efface
The splendours of the old.
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