The Ungolfing Lover – Golf Poetry

THE UNGOLFING LOVER 

NOT long ago, 
A blithesome beau, 
I sat with Mabel o'er her tea-things; 
     The ball of glee 
     And repartee 
Passed to and fro above the wee things. 

     Alas, I now 
     With grief avow 
That through a shroud of gloom I see things, 
     For I've no part 
     In her new art. 
Although it has to do with "tee"' things. 

- Clinton Scollard, in Lyrics of The Links, 1921

Clinton Scollard (1860 – 1932) was a Professor of English at Hamilton College who published more than two dozen volumes of poetry and numerous works of fiction. You can find some of his works at Project Gutenberg