Archie Aliquis.
From The Scrap-book of Literary Varieties.
Printed by Edward Lacey, 1825.
The Battle of Peas Hill.
“The following effusion was penned the day after the memorable 13th of November, 1820, which must be a day of pleasant recollection to all Cantabs, as long as there shall be a Snob or Radical amongst them, or a fist to bate them with. This is the only Matriculation Day which is registered in letters of blood in the archives of the Vice-Chancellor; and we are sure there never was, nor ever will be, such an occasion for calling Freshmen from the science of mechanics to the application of its theory in the science of war.”
On Granta, when the sun was low,
No symptoms lower’d of fearless row,
But all was silent as the flow
Of Camus rolling tardily.
But Granta saw another sight,