The Football Match
Between the Whartonites and Beaconites, which ended in the defeat of the latter. Played November 21st, on the school ground.
(A Parody on passages from the Battle of Lake Regillus.)
Ho! Captains sound the war note;
Præposters, clear the way;
The Whartonites and Beaconites
Will soon begin to play.
See, many a tree and paling
Is hung with caps and coats,
From Mug’s shed to the Hundred