In Residence

BALLADE OF THE ONE-EYED TOUT O SOLITARY-EYED one, who Sportest a Diamond Jubilee Tie, of pure white and red and blue, Or something green, like absinthee, Or purple like a purple bee, If bees are purple, which I doubt. O product of the Varsity, Thou dear and noble! one-eyed tout! Whom dost thou cadge for? For I view With envy thy sweet liberty. Thy tie’s invariably new, Although thy face we never see _Even on Sunday changed! Ah me! That face, at which the lilies pout, That face extraordinararee, Thou dear and noble one-eyed tout. Fragrant as dawn and light as dew Thy dainty presence! Or a tree Some poets would compare thee to: Some poets to a common flea. 1 Mr Robert Browning, not the author, is responsible for this iniquitous conjunction of epithets. Cc 3