Behold, above the hidden root,
How white the bloom, how black the fruit!
This male phoenix has returned to his old home,
from roaming the four seas searching for his mate.
It was Earl Haldan's daughter,
She looked across the sea;
If hush'd the loud whirlwind that ruffled the deep,
The sky, if no longer dark tempests deform;
Think of me, when 'mid joy and gladness
They bark glides smoothly down life's tranquil stream.
Oh, Eleazar Wheelock was a very pious man;
He went into the wilderness to teach the Indian,
O what their joy and their glory must be,
Those endless Sabbaths the blessèd ones see;
From the woods and the glossy green,
With the wild thyme strewn;
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Men! whose boast it is that ye
Come of fathers brave and free;
O God, whose daylight leadeth down
Into the sunless way,
I.
"Stop! stop! pretty water,"
Praise to placeless proud ability,
Let the prudent muse disclaim;
How blest, how firm the Statesman stands,
(Him no low intrigue shall move),
And art Thou come with us to dwell,
Our Prince, our Guide, our Love, our Lord?
There came three merry men from south, west, and north,
Ever more sing the roundelay;
So closed our tale, of which I give you all
The random scheme as wildly as it rose:
Pos de chantar m'es pres talentz,
Farai un vers don sui dolenz:
The Twilight to my Star,
Her hoary head
Nae mair, alas! nae mair I'll see
Young mornin's gowden hair
But these shall be my great Solemnities,
Orinda's wishes for Cassandra's bliss.
There is mist on the mountain, and night on the vale,
But more dark is the sleep of the sons of the Gael.
Now, scarce three paces measured from the mound,
We stumbled on a stationary voice,
The Easter brightness fades away;
A chill has numbed the bursting leaf;
Hiding away from the sunlight,
Close by a rippling stream,
A prince I was, blue-eyed, and fair in face,
Of temper amorous, as the first of May,
WHITE little hands!
Pink little feet!
Class of 1885
Men of Dartmouth, give a rouse
'There sinks the nebulous star we call the Sun,
If that hypothesis of theirs be sound'
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