“Write me as one that wants one without paying!”

The Grecian smote and vanished. The next night

He came with hockey-stick, not over light,

Holding the names of the heroic few

Who paid a year’s subscription to the Blue.

Then, adding one, he showed the youth the list,

And lo! young Muggins’ name led all the rest!

The Blue. A journal written by, and for, the scholars at Christ’s Hospital (the Bluecoat School), London.


Abou Ben Folsom.