26 JANUARY 1951, Page 13

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. so

Set by Yvette Sheringham

Incertitude, S mes delices Vous et moi nous nous en allons Comme s'en vont les ecrevisses, A reculons, a reculons.

GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE

A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for four lines of English or French verse, urging the poet and his uncertainty to make a change in their plans.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition," and must be received not later than February 7th. Results will be published in the Spectator of February 16th.