John R Smith

By chamberlainjohn

Neither Wimbledon - nor Aldershot -- just my next-

Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Hunter Dunn,
Furnished and burnished by Aldershot sun,
What strenuous singles we played after tea,
We in the tournament - you against me!

Love-thirty, love-forty, oh! weakness of joy,
The speed of a swallow, the grace of a boy,
With carefullest carelessness, gaily you won,
I am weak from your loveliness, Joan Hunter Dunn.

Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, Miss Joan Hunter Dunn,
How mad I am, sad I am, glad that you won,
The warm-handled racket is back in its press,
But my shock-headed victor, she loves me no less.


for the rest of the poem by John Betjeman A Subaltern's Love Song

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