An antique coloured lithograph after woodblock prints by William Nicholson from "An Almanac of Twelve Sports. Words by Rudyard Kipling."
The Pope of Rome he could not win
From pleasant meat and pleasant sin
These who, in honour’s hope, endure
Lean days and lives enforced pure.
These who, replying not, submit
Unto the curses of the Pit
Which he that rides (O greater shame!)
Flings forth by number not by name …
Could Triple Crown or Jesuit’s oath
Do what yon shuffle-stocking doth!
Approx 20cms by 20cms
