Dancing Dust
	Poems by Mollie Caird (1922-2000)
	Carolus Spencer Chaplin
Home Alphabetic index of poems Thematic index of poems Biography Gallery Contact and links	With baggy trousers, twinkling cane And bowler hat that doesn’t fit There bursts upon the Oxford scene Charles Spencer Chaplin, Hon. D. Litt. Carved heads and painted symbols all Stare open-mouthed in shocked surprise ― Expecting in this solemn hall The golden flash of custard pies? Who are these, rich in learning’s fame, Assembled here?  Your dupes, your debtors With classic eloquence acclaim The wittiest silent Man of Letters. Charlie Chaplin received the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Oxford University on 27 June 1962. Oxford Times, 11 May 1962 The Dancing Dust and other poems, 1983