Edward Woodley Bowling

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The Lady Margaret 5th Boat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A B CDE A F GGHHFFIIFFJJ JJJKKJJLL MMNN NNOOPPQQRN SSTTRRUUJJJJ

MayA
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BOYCOTT W-
FERGUSON R SB
BOWLING E W-
SMITH JASONC
PALEY G AD
GORST P FE
SECKER J H-
FISHER JA
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Steerer BUSHELL W DF
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Eight B A 's stout from town came out M A degrees to takeG
And made a vow from stroke to bow a bump or two to makeG
Weary were they and jaded with the din of London townH
And they felt a tender longing for their long lost cap and gownH
So they sought the old Loganus well pleased I trow was heF
The manly forms he knew so well once more again to seeF
And they cried O old Loganus can'st thou find us e'er a boatI
In which our heavy carcases may o'er the waters floatI
Then laughed aloud Loganus a bitter jest lov'd heF
And he cried Such heavy mariners I ne'er before did seeF
I have a fast commodious barge drawn by a wellfed steedJ
'Twill scarcely bear your weight I fear for never have I see'dJ
Eight men so stout wish to go out a rowing in a 'height '-
Why gentlemen a man of war would sink beneath your weightJ
Thus spake the old Loganus and he laughed both long and loudJ
And when the eight men heard his words they stood abashed and cowedJ
For they knew not that he loved them and that sharply tho' he spokeK
The old man loved them kindly tho' he also loved his jokeK
For Loganus is a Trojan and tho' hoary be his headJ
He loveth Margareta and the ancient Johnian redJ
So he brought them out an eight oar'd tub and oars both light and strongL
And bade them be courageous and row their ship alongL
Then in jumped Casa Minor the Captain of our crew-
And the gallant son of Fergus in a blazer bright and new-
And Thomas o Kulindon full proudly grasped his oarM
And Iason o Chalkourgos who weighs enough for fourM
For if Jason and Medea had sailed with him for cargoN
To the bottom of the Euxine would have sunk the good ship ArgoN
Then Pallidulus Bargaeus the mightiest of our crew-
Than whom no better oarsman ever wore the Cambridge blue-
And at number six sat Peter whom Putney's waters knowN
Number seven was young Josephus the ever sleepless JoeN
Number eight was John Piscator at his oar a wondrous dabO
Who tho' all his life a fisher yet has never caught a crabO
Last of all the martial Modius having laid his good sword byP
Seized the rudder strings and uttered an invigorating cryP
Are you ready all Row Two a stroke Eyes front and sit at easeQ
Quick March I meant to say Row on and mind the time all pleaseQ
Then sped the gallant vessel like an arrow from a bowR
And the men stood wondering on the banks to see the Old'uns rowN
And Father Camus raised his head and smiled upon the crew-
For their swing and time and feather and their forms full well he knew-
They rowed past Barnwell's silvery pool past Charon's gloomy barkS
And nearly came to grief beneath the railway rafters darkS
But down the willow fringed Long Reach so fearful was their paceT
That joyous was each Johnian and pale each foeman's faceT
They rowed round Ditton corner and past the pleasant PloughR
Nor listened to the wild appeal for beer that came from bowR
They rowed round Grassy Corner and its fairy forms divineU
But from the boat there wandered not an eye of all the nineU
They rowed round First Post Corner the Little Bridge they passedJ
And calmly took their station two places from the lastJ
Off went the gun with one accord the sluggish Cam they smoteJ
And were bumped in fifty seconds by the Second Jesus BoatJ
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Edward Woodley Bowling



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