Alfred Denis Godley (1856--1925) was a classical scholar and author of humorous poems. From 1910 to 1920 he was Public Orator at the University of Oxford, a post that involved composing citations in Latin for the recipients of honorary degrees. One of these was for Thomas Hardy who received an Honorary D. Litt. in 1920, and whose treatment of rural themes Godley compared to Virgil. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Photograph of Hardy Thomas Masterson Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was a novelist and poet, generally regarded as one of the greatest figures in English literature. ... For other uses see Virgil (disambiguation). ...

He is mainly remembered today for his and macaronic verse, such as The Motor Bus which playfully mixes Latin declensions with English. Macaronic Latin (or macaroni Latin) is an old term used for various sorts of adulturated Latin. ... In linguistics, declension is a feature of inflected languages: generally, the alteration of a noun to indicate its grammatical role. ...

What is this that roareth thus?

Can it be a Motor Bus?

Yes, the smell and hideous hum

Indicant Motorem Bum!

Implet in the Corn and High

Terror me Motoris Bi:

Bo Motori clamitabo

Ne Motore caedar a Bo---

Dative be or Ablative

So thou only let us live:---

Wither shall thy victims flee?

Spare us, spare us, Motor Be!

Thus I sang; and still anigh

Came in hordes Motores Bi,

Et complebat omne forum

Copia Motorum Borum.

How shall wretches live like us

Cincti Bis Motoribus?

Domine, defende nos

Contra hos Motores Bos!

The poem is quoted by Dorothy L. Sayers in her well-known essay "The greatest single defect of my own Latin education". The Bus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 - Witham, 17 December 1957) was a British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist. ...

Godley's published works include:

• Verses to Order (1892)
• Aspects of Modern Oxford (1894)
• Socrates and Athenian Society in His Day (1896)
• Lyra Frivola (1899)
• Second Strings (1902)
• Oxford in the Eighteenth Century (1908)
• The Casual Ward (1912)
• Reliquiae A. D. Godley (1926)

He also published a translations of Herodotus (1921) and Horace's Odes (1898). 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bust of Herodotus Herodotus (Greek: ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΣ, Herodotos) was an ancient historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC - c. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...