Who rule the destinies of Trinity,

Had of the sanctuary barred access

Unto the bust of Alfred Tennyson,

By Woolner carved, subscribed for by the youth

Who loved the Poet, hoped to see him set

Within the Library of Trinity,

One great man more o' the house, among the great,

Who grace that still Valhalla, ranged in row,

Along the chequered marbles of the floor,

Two stately ranks—to where the fragrant limes