Originally Posted by
Acrylic-bob 
Oooh! We like the suggestion of "a past", and that it might be "dark" adds immeasurably to the frisson.
Byron society - Oxford, Cambridge or Dublin?
Quote:
Originally Posted by garinda
You don't know the half.
I do.
That was only the first, tamer half. So I'm told.
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When my muse decides to inspire me - I may elaborate on the wilder half...
Until then I feel moved to share the following "purple verse" with you which relates to that particular time in Oxford....
PUNTING ON AN AFTERNOON
They punted and they laughed,
Telling tale out of school,
From long-stemmed crystal quaffed,
Fine champers gold and cool,
And soon got gently ****ed,
As the day slipped away,
These days so sorely missed,
In our mem'ries will stay.
This is to be found inside a card showing "Boating on the River Epte" by Claude Monet, the inscription reads:
D,
this card inspired me to dash out some purple verse. Please forgive me!
Byronically yours, S.
(S, aka "The Prince of Darkness", a JRF in Philosophy at All Souls College.)
Memento of a particular day punting on the Cherwell past Parson's Pleasure.