Gryphon 1957 - Adm.monash.edu.au

• "I'm Rowland Round theWorld"N ot five months back\ V e got rid of a chapBy th e name of R. H . KellerAnd now in his placeW e see a new faceIt belongs to a new sort of feller.H e's still tall and thinGo t a face full of grinBut his eyes are much bigger th an everAnd wh en asked to relateOf his past up to dateH is only reply is "No never."H e left h ere by airA nd travelling half fareR eached Rome in a matter of hamsThe Romans of courseAll turn ed up in forceTo welcome th e stranger with flowers.H is onl y excuseTo get on th e looseW as a world-wide study of m etalsBut the girls on high heelsTurned his mind from plain steelsBe fore he could even get settled.The statues in RomeMade him think of us homeV/ ith "Venus" in our upp er storeyBut our V enus was tameCom pared wi th th e fram esThat hung all around in th eir glory.Then it was FranceH e ente red by chanceAs he fled from th e land of stone ruins\Vith our pennies to spareAnd that dark Paris airWI e can only imagine his doings.The Follies BergereCaused th e CUTIs in his hairAnd th ose eyes with th e reddish appearanceMust have caused him much painAs they stuck out in vainTo be sto pped by his specs (interference ) .H e went Trans-AtlanticT he air crew were frant icFor fear of losing th eir craftBut worse was the shock\Vhen on e engine stopped-RK. had cross-secti oned the shaft.Un cle Sam he had m etAnd learned that as yetH is training in M et. had scarce startedSo at length he turn ed backW ide awake to th e factThat a lad and his wealth are soon parted ." N ow back at schoolTea chi ng, poor foolO f th e wonders and int erest of steelBut my mind often straysTo th ose wonderful daysLike a dream , th ey' ve become scarcely real."(Harold, Herb, Hurlstone).r:25