THANKS IN VERSE
Members "of the Headmaster Division at''Eton during the:, time Dr. C. A. “AlingtOn’ (now Dean ’of Durham) was ■headmaster,’efrom ;1917 -to 1933, • have presented to him a silver, tea kettle, cream jug, and sugar basin from a Queen Anne pattern. “‘The present was accompanied by a 'jetter of good wishes, written in Latin proseKADy -Akngton s letter of the following, verse: — alv?;--.. --w On a bill by .a river'.’Aletanal^Rjt; (Not Well don, nob Welldon;, notWell- .'• ' don) ■ > • n And l laugh at tb<U;lovely .- epistle ■ • . -you've writ. ••• ■ «-*■+.- 1 , Oh, well done! Oh ,;;>elJ?.doh£,! A Oh, well done! > • .• ■No celestial Mnrsden' can .’ever Revise A Division so friendlyy’roy-witty, so ... Up wise,' ’ .J. v A..And I sigh, as I wipe Veiy Eeyerend >■ - - i eyes. ' Oh, wpll rlone ! Oh,, dOfl % Ll Oh, '.well done! • •
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 28 April 1934, Page 7
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132THANKS IN VERSE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 28 April 1934, Page 7
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