Classic Poem

Through April
C├┤tes de Provence
And C├┤tes du Rh├┤ne
In Aix with all those fountains
Les Quatre Dauphins
Les Sept Canons
And the Place d'Albertas one.
And tramping the Cezanne Route
To the cylinder sphere and cone
Of his old mountain.
And a bus to Avignon.

Through May
To King's Arms Cross Keys
Six Bells and Surprise
All easy reach of each other.
Then drove to the home of beer
Up in Edinburgh,
Then Skye and Talisker
Where Johnson went
In 1773
Thursday September the 23 rd .
And June.
How far have we gone?
Are we still together?
Does it matter?
Today is today
And nunc messieurs mesdames
July the 13 th when
Sir Kenneth Clark is 61
Lieutenant-General Sir Bertie Fisher is 86
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hawkins is 69
Sir Guy Henderson is 67
Sir Henry Harding Jones is 58
Sir Arthur Kirby is 65
Sir Andrew MacTaggart is 76
Mr. Eric Portman is 61
Brigadier Dame Jean Rivett-Drake is 55
Sir Herbert Seddon is 61
Brigadier Sir Henry Shapcott is 76
Sir Alexander Williams is 61
Dr. J. Dover Wilson is 83
We beg to advise you that
Quod erat demonstrandum
Wherever you are
Whatever the drink
Bibendum est again OK?