A Summer Christmas and a Sonnet upon The S.S. "Ballaarat." By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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Chesterfield had been chosen king.
The subject of the evening
Chosen by him was history,
A battlepiece of days gone by.
Accordingly the Oxford man
In a few minutes' time began
A lay of San Sebastian,
First telling them that he designed
The pieces that were shorter-lined
As speeches of the Rank and File,
And that the longer lines meanwhile
Were narrative to tell the tale
Where speeches only needs must fail.
The subject of the evening
Chosen by him was history,
A battlepiece of days gone by.
Accordingly the Oxford man
In a few minutes' time began
A lay of San Sebastian,
First telling them that he designed
The pieces that were shorter-lined
As speeches of the Rank and File,
And that the longer lines meanwhile
Were narrative to tell the tale
Where speeches only needs must fail.
| A Summer Christmas and a Sonnet upon The S.S. "Ballaarat." | |