Peter Whigham(1925-1987)

Oxford, I read, and sighed

and was ready to consign you

to one of the lower reaches of

Dante's Hell, but then those

redeeming words "largely self-educated";

no Don then, from privileged background

taught by Dons from privileged backgrounds

lecturing youths from privileged backgrounds.

Curse the Ford of Oxes.

Sleep well, or travel

from Purgatory to the Celestial Paradise.

14.10.2015