10 AUGUST 1951, Page 15

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 78

Set by Ronald Lambton In the absence of any celebration of the Festival of Britain by, the present Poet Laureate, we may be forgiven for calling on the posthumous services of a Laureate from the past. A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for not more than sixteen lines from a State poem on the occasion by Dryden, Wordsworth or Tennyson.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, in envelopes, marked " Competition," and must be received no later than August 22nd. Results will be published in the Spectator, of August 31st.