Date of Easter
List my song to!
’Tis as wrong to
Save a flea
As rob a bee.
Kings and Queens of England
8 Henrys
Crazy belief we cause to none:
A fact, if dead of a hilly run.
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Anne—Victoria
Poor I die
Hay-time
Execution of Charles
We pardon faults like thine,
Whose ending was so fine.
Cromwell made Protector
Ambition was thy fault:
Thine own self to exalt.
Foundation of Colleges
Brasenose College
With a nose that is brazen
Our gate we emblazon.
Christ Church
Ring Tom when you please:
We ask but small fees.
St John’s College
They must have a bevel
To keep them so level.
Other Dates
Battle of Crécy
The string is wet! If so,
Useless is my bow!
Wycliffe’s Bible completed
The Bible to translate
Brought Wycliffe nought but hate.