Classic Poem

Now side by side curvet and prance
The flower of England and of France,
Tried champions, comrades leal and true,
Resolved, in all, to dare and do, —
Whom pen and pencil serve for lance.

" Knights of the Joyous Countenance!" —
In wit, skill, gaiety, romance,
Who shall to-day contend with you,
Now side by side?

Salut, M ESSIRES ! May no mischance
To this fair bond bring severance!
Salut! Salut! Red, White and Blue; —
Salut! to our grim Lion too,
Who laughs to see the lines advance
Now side by side!