In Residence

BALLADE OF CAMBRIDGE PAPERS! THE Cantab “to the interest ‘Of undergraduates ” is wed, Gimbles and gyres as one possessed On how the ’Varsity is bled. It paints with unassuming red The hebdomary interview With ladies who on legs and head Dance until everything is blue! The Granta with a throbbing breast Watches, with eager passion fed, The track, the field, the statesman’s nest,” The wicket and the river bed. The evildoer comes to dread Its scathing scorn, its charges true. It makes the heart as dull as lead Dance until everything is blue. The reverend Review (suppressed The rising laugh, the smile ill-bred) Bakes for the Fellows that infest This University, a bread 1 Written for the Camébridge Magazine. 2 The Union!!! 27