拍品專文
Unrecorded in Keynes.
細節
SIEGFRIED SASSOON (1886-1967)
'A Defence of Idealism', manuscript poem by Sassoon, of 3 stanzas on one sheet: 'Ex-Lord Chancellor Birkenhead /Rolled up to Glasgow City and said /(Robed in his Lord Rectorial pomp) /To the students (there for a romp) ... /"I've had lunch; I'm feeling fine. /"Take my tip; drink vintage wine; /"Choice Coronas only, smoke; /Make large fortunes at the Bar; /"Stamp out ideals; leave them for folk /"Who dwell on some less (hiccup) star."
'A Defence of Idealism', manuscript poem by Sassoon, of 3 stanzas on one sheet: 'Ex-Lord Chancellor Birkenhead /Rolled up to Glasgow City and said /(Robed in his Lord Rectorial pomp) /To the students (there for a romp) ... /"I've had lunch; I'm feeling fine. /"Take my tip; drink vintage wine; /"Choice Coronas only, smoke; /Make large fortunes at the Bar; /"Stamp out ideals; leave them for folk /"Who dwell on some less (hiccup) star."