A mixed grill of varied verse on winter sports and other topics / by W. Edgecombe.

  • Edgecombe, Wilfrid.
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A mixed grill of varied verse on winter sports and other topics / by W. Edgecombe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    The zephyrs that blow from Samaden Are mostly from evil exempt: I grant them a tentative pardon And treat them with silent contempt; For whether they make their intrusion With soft insufflation or strong, My cocksure omniscient conclusion Is sure to be wrong! What time you droop listless and limply I feel for you deeply, my boy; But, nevertheless, I am simply Delighted and jumping for joy; And if, you old reprobate Banner, You're needing a cocktail—it’s mine, For it’s fifty odd quid to a tanner The day will be fine! Buck up, gay old sport, at your tether Relentlessly nailed to the mast, And try in foretelling the weather To bury your dissolute past. But and if you’re deploring the function And splendour you once used to see, To your soul lay the flattering unction You are useful to me! Hi