Oxford 6

Friday, 7 May 2010 08:02:03

Great men in their time, all male, all dead,

Look down, look serious and often frown

(Dark coated, sashed and academic gowned)

Upon we lesser fry just out of bed.

We let their oily portraits on the hallowed walls

grace our bacon eggs and mushrooms in the Hall. 

Walls and Hall make a rather clunking end but they do rhyme and they fit what I want to say, so I won't try to find something more sophisticated. Oily portraits?  Is that fair?   I've thought through a number of other adjectives but none appeal quite as much.