28 MAY 1988, Page 45

No. 1527: Perverse verse

Eliot took Goldsmith's line, 'When lovely woman stoops to folly', and gave it a conclusion of his own. Starting with any famous line supply a short poem of similar perversity. Entries to 'Competition No. 1527' by 10 June.

The winner of this and the next five competitions will receive a bottle of Anares Tinto Rioja, through the kindness of Atkinson Baldwin & Co., St Mary's House, 42 Vicarage Crescent, London SW I I 3LB.