An Evening Contemplation in a College Being a Parody on the Elegy in A Country Church-Yard. By another Gentleman of Cambridge [i.e. John Duncombe] |
 |
 | An Evening Contemplation in a College |  |
The splendid fortune and the beauteous face
(Themselves confess it and their sires bemoan)
Too soon are caught by scarlet and by lace:
These sons of Science shine in black alone.
(Themselves confess it and their sires bemoan)
Too soon are caught by scarlet and by lace:
These sons of Science shine in black alone.
| An Evening Contemplation in a College | |