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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1931. Volume 2. Number 1.

Latin's One Attraction

Latin's One Attraction.

An Ode to Cleo.
In those Roman days of Long Ago,
When Caesar ruled, as you probably know,
And made himself obnoxious on this earth
When he wrote his rotten novels
About his bally Gallic squabbles
He quite forgot about our love of Mirth.

But there's one thing of interest
Even Caesar hasn't finished
And I guess that's quite a test as you can see
For when you've read some Caesar and Cicero (poor old geezer)
You'll want no more of Rome, as you'll agree.

By the Nile there dwelt a girlie
Who no doubt lived far too early
For the Blues would not have daunted her to-day
And if she had had the Eton
I'm quite sure she'd not be beaten,
By any of the Movie Vamps that grace the screen, I'll say.

So here's to Cleopatra,
A girl-friend who could catch a
Man as easily as a spider does a fly,
A lady of attractive look
That even in a Latin book
Brightens up the pages drear and dry.

J.A.C.