Many poets have done the same thing since.

Then there is the beautiful Armada story.

In a famous Armada picture the English sailors are represented smoking; which makes it all the more surprising that the story to which I refer has come down to us in an incorrect form.

According to the historians, when the Armada hove in sight the English captains were playing at bowls.

Instead of rushing off to their ships on receipt of the news, they observed, "Let us first finish our game." I cannot believe that this is what they said.