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Wimbledon Common
Nicholson, William Newzam Prior, 1898, Publisher's print
Wimbledon Common
Wimbledon Common
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25031
Title
Wimbledon Common
Artist / maker
Nicholson, William Newzam Prior
Date
1898
Size
21.5 x 24.0 cm
Type
Publisher's print
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Art and Design Library
WIMBLEDON COMMON
Who says Drum-Major says a man of mould,
Shaking the meek earth with a tremendous tread,
And pacing still, a triumph to behold,
Of his own spine at least two yards ahead!
Attorney, grocer, surgeon, broker, duke -
His calling may be anything, who comes
Into a room, his presence a rebuke
To the dejected, as the pipes and drums
Inspired his port! - who mounts his office stairs
As though he led great armies to the fight!
His bulk itself's pure genius, and he wears
His avoirdupois with so much fire and spright
That, though the creature stands but five feet five,
You take him for the tallest He alive.
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