23 FEBRUARY 1929, Page 14

Poetry

To an Old Aristophanes

THREE hundred years ago, Whose was the scholar thumh That browned-your pages sO ? -- Athens is never cblmb - To any laughter-lover

Loosing your mottled cover ; Yet, Aristophanes,

. For me your voice is mingled With some old scholar's wheeze,'

Whose English doublet tingled, While his weak body shook With merriment for this book.

G. ROSTREVOR HAMILTON.