15 DECEMBER 1984, Page 42

Competition

No. 1351: Wisdom of the elders

Set by Jaspistos: In A. E. Housman's parody, 'Fragment of a Greek Tragedy', the Chorus sagely address a young man: And, 0 my son, be, on the one hand, good,

And do not, on the other hand, be bad; For that is very much the safest plan.

A sonnet (Miltonic in form), please, en' shrining bromidic advice to youth and ending with these three lines. Entries to 'Competition No. 1351' by 4 January.