THE COMIC RECITER.
THE PORTER OUTWITTED.
AT Trin. Col., Cam.,
Which means, in proper spelling,
Trinity College, Cambridge,
There resided one
Harry Dorrington;
A youth excelling
In all the learning commonly provided
For those who chose that classic station
For finishing their education:
That is, he understood computing
The odds at any match,
Or race;
Was a dead hand at pigeon-shooting;
Could kick up rows, knock down the watch,
Play the truant, and the rake at random,
Drink, tie cravats, and drive a tandem,
Remonstrance, fine, or rustication,
Instead of working reformation,
Only made his lapses greater;
Until warned, the next offence
Should have this certain consequence-
Expulsion from his college.
One need not be a necromancer,
To judge, that with so wild a wight,
The next offence occurred next night,
When our incurable came rolling
Home as the midnight chimes were tolling,
And rang the college bell-
No answer;
The second peal was vain;
The third made the street echo its alarm,
When, to his great delight, he heard
