Here rests beneath this hospitable spot br A youth to flats and flatties not unknown. br The Plymouth Brethren gave it to him hot; br Trinity, Cambridge, claimed him for her own. br br At chess a minor master, Hoylake set br His handicap a 2. Love drove him crazy; br Thrre thousand women used to call him “pet”; br In other gardens daffodil or daisy? br br He climbed a lot of mountains in his time. br He stalked the tiger, bear and elephant. br he wrote a stack of poems, some sublime br Some not. Plays, essays, pictures, tales -my aunt! br br He had the gift of laughing at himself. br Most affably he talked and walked with God. br And now the silly bastard’s on the shelf, br We’ve buried him beneath another sod.