Possible Clues:

• Auction bidder's prop
• Dim to confine two dukes in row
• Wade - the theologian in old part of Ireland
• Walk by the shore, as theologian looking unwell getting about
• Emulate a dog in a pool
• Sounds like cushion will get a bit wet
• Go by canoe and get your feet wet
• Table tennis implement
• Poem title continues
• Scull