"Caxon" Quotes from Famous Books
... shall receive The joys a bride and benefice can give. But first to sanction thy prophetic name, In yon tall pile a doctor's honours claim;[48] E'en now methinks the awe-struck crowd behold Thy powder'd caxon and thy cane of gold. E'en now—but hark! the chimney sparrows sing, St Mary's chimes their early matins ring— I go—but thou——through many a festive night Collegiate bards shall chant thy luckless fight— Though many a jest shall spread the table round, And many ... — Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine—Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843 • Various |