Lambkin’s Newdigate
POEM WRITTEN FOR “NEWDIGATE PRIZE” IN ENGLISH VERSE
By J. A. Lambkin, Esq., of Burford College
N.B.—[The competitors are confined to the use of Rhymed Heroic Iambic Pentameters, but the introduction of Lyrics is permitted]
Subject: “THE BENEFITS CONFERRED BY SCIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTRIC LIGHT”
For the benefit of those who do not care to read through the Poem but desire to know its contents, I append the following headings:
Invocation to the Muse
Hail! Happy Muse, and touch the tuneful string!
The benefits conferred by Science[10] I sing.
His theme: the Electric Light and its benefits