Read full poem →Let the old boy, your son, ply his old task,
Turn the stale prologue to some painted mask;
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An alumnus, especially of a public school.
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Poetry examples for “old boy”
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Read full poem →But the peace it reduc'd me to beg in despair,
Till I met my old boy in a Cunningham fair;
His rags regimental they flutter'd so gaudy,