Floreat Etona Anecdotes And Memories of Eton College
Floreat Etona Anecdotes And Memories of Eton College
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His way was first of all to set down upon paper the names of those about to take part in "Montem" and other details furnished to him by some one in a position to know, after which he would compose a rough jumble of rhyming lines. This was then submitted to some Colleger, who undertook its revision, and was printed for the author to vend, which he did at a very remunera- tive price ; it also formed an excuse for the v HERBERT STOCKHORE 155 extraction of coins from old friends and visitors to Eto...n. Stockhore, though in his latter years, like his rhymes, much given to limping, was able to attend the Montem of 1835, at which time he had reached the great age of ninety.
At the next one, held in 1838, though still alive, being too feeble to go, he was represented at the great festival by a man named Ryder. Three years later, in 1841, Stockhore passed away, aged ninety-six years. The boys then chose Edward Irvine by vote, but though he or some other claimant was still hanging about Eton half a century ago, the office really died with Stockhore, for his successors had no trace of the quaint and simple individuality which had been known to many generations of Etonians, one of whom, a few years before the famous Montem poet's death, composed the following lines : Be Herbert Stockhore all my theme, The laureate's praises I indite ; He erst who sung in Montem's praise, And Thespis like, from out his cart Recited his extempore lays On Eton's sons, in costume smart, Who told of captains bold and grand, Lieutenants, marshals, seeking salt ; Of colonels, majors, cap in hand, Who bade e'en majesty to halt ; Told how the ensign nobly waved The colours on the famous hill ; And names from dull oblivion saved, Who ne'er the niche of fame can fill ; Who, like to Campbell, lends his name To many a whim he ne'er did write ; 156 FLOREAT ETONA v When witty scholars, to their shame, 'Gainst masters hurl a satire trite.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
His way was first of all to set down upon paper the names of those about to take part in "Montem" and other details furnished to him by some one in a position to know, after which he would compose a rough jumble of rhyming lines. This was then submitted to some Colleger, who undertook its revision, and was printed for the author to vend, which he did at a very remunera- tive price ; it also formed an excuse for the v HERBERT STOCKHORE 155 extraction of coins from old friends and visitors to Eto...n. Stockhore, though in his latter years, like his rhymes, much given to limping, was able to attend the Montem of 1835, at which time he had reached the great age of ninety.
At the next one, held in 1838, though still alive, being too feeble to go, he was represented at the great festival by a man named Ryder. Three years later, in 1841, Stockhore passed away, aged ninety-six years. The boys then chose Edward Irvine by vote, but though he or some other claimant was still hanging about Eton half a century ago, the office really died with Stockhore, for his successors had no trace of the quaint and simple individuality which had been known to many generations of Etonians, one of whom, a few years before the famous Montem poet's death, composed the following lines : Be Herbert Stockhore all my theme, The laureate's praises I indite ; He erst who sung in Montem's praise, And Thespis like, from out his cart Recited his extempore lays On Eton's sons, in costume smart, Who told of captains bold and grand, Lieutenants, marshals, seeking salt ; Of colonels, majors, cap in hand, Who bade e'en majesty to halt ; Told how the ensign nobly waved The colours on the famous hill ; And names from dull oblivion saved, Who ne'er the niche of fame can fill ; Who, like to Campbell, lends his name To many a whim he ne'er did write ; 156 FLOREAT ETONA v When witty scholars, to their shame, 'Gainst masters hurl a satire trite.
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