And amorous customs in the East.
But Gubbins, nosey man for pelf,
Denounced their joyous foozaloo
And piously dispersed the crew—
Then ate the poet’s soul himself....
Some Press Opinions of Mr. Goldring’s Verses.
James Elroy Flecker (in The Cambridge Review): “Mr. Goldring is a young poet; his technique in these days, when so high a standard is set, is careless ... yet one feels that a book like his ‘Country Boy’ ought to sell thousands, not mere hundreds, so full it is of the joy of life, of modern love and sorrow. It is a book about the people, for the people. It is full of the magic of proper names:
‘And ere he went to London