The Minstrelsy of Isis An Anthology of Poems Relating to Oxford And All Phases
The Minstrelsy of Isis An Anthology of Poems Relating to Oxford And All Phases
J B John Benjamin Firth
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Some hiccough and some snore ; The Chairman vainly strives to speak And mouths his English worse than Greek, In short, the game is o'er. At nine, the blinking Scout appears Whilst most are nodding in their chairs And bottles moves away ; For from the kitchen he has brought What each one sober, might or ought T' have ordered in his tray. I86 Boiled fowl, salt herrings, sausages, Cold beef and brawn, and bread and cheese, With tankards full of ale ; The sated guests he with delight Counts o'er, f...or this his perquisite Is, when their functions fail. Although In some respect he earns The solace of these good returns For putting them to bed. As many a curse, and many a kick. And many a pinch and many a lick They give while being led. " Hush, Hush, " cries Tom, across quadrangle — In lanthorn stuck his two-inch candle — The President will hear : " Be quiet, sir, and come along, I wish you would not pull so strong Nor yet so loudly swear. " J. Skinner (1792). 187 IN SUMMER TIME TO MEDLEY IN summer time to Medley, My love and I would go ; The boatmen there stood ready, My love and I to row^.
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