1 MARCH 1957, Page 7

EVEN THOUGH this extract from Hansard has appeared elsewhere, it

seems right to reproduce it here : 66. MR. HAMILTON asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what steps he intends to take to encourage the appre- ciation of poetry in schools.

SIR E. BOYLE:

'The honourable Gentleman should know Poetry:s garden must untended grow.

Though precept's good, example's better still For those who climb Parnassus' stony hill. So let the example of my noble Friend To English verse fresh inspiration lend.'

1 look forward to seeing the verses of Sir Edward Boyle in these pages.