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To the Master of Balliol, By: Alfred, Lord Tennyson

October 23, 2026 by Editors

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Dear Master in our classic town,
You, loved by all the younger gown
There at Balliol,
Lay your Plato for one minute down,

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And read a Grecian tale re-told,
Which, cast in later Grecian mould,
Quintus Calaber
Somewhat lazily handled of old;

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