Behold, above the hidden root,
How white the bloom, how black the fruit!
It was Earl Haldan's daughter,
She looked across the sea;
This male phoenix has returned to his old home,
from roaming the four seas searching for his mate.
Oh, Eleazar Wheelock was a very pious man;
He went into the wilderness to teach the Indian,
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.
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;
I.
"Stop! stop! pretty water,"
Men! whose boast it is that ye
Come of fathers brave and free;
Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
There came three merry men from south, west, and north,
Ever more sing the roundelay;
Praise to placeless proud ability,
Let the prudent muse disclaim;
O God, whose daylight leadeth down
Into the sunless way,
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?
So closed our tale, of which I give you all
The random scheme as wildly as it rose:
The Twilight to my Star,
Her hoary head
Pos de chantar m'es pres talentz,
Farai un vers don sui dolenz:
Nae mair, alas! nae mair I'll see
Young mornin's gowden hair
There is mist on the mountain, and night on the vale,
But more dark is the sleep of the sons of the Gael.
But these shall be my great Solemnities,
Orinda's wishes for Cassandra's bliss.
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,
Class of 1885
Men of Dartmouth, give a rouse
WHITE little hands!
Pink little feet!
'There sinks the nebulous star we call the Sun,
If that hypothesis of theirs be sound'
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