Walden's Miscellaneous Poems which the author desires to dedicate to the Cause of Education and Humanity |
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DEDICATED TO THE JUNIOR SOCIETY.
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DEDICATED TO THE JUNIOR SOCIETY.
WALDEN'S DEPARTURE FROM THE JUNIOR LITERARY SOCIETY.
Think not I come to curry favor,
For that would be beneath my aim,
And I would crucify my honor,
And put my manhood thus to shame.
For that would be beneath my aim,
And I would crucify my honor,
And put my manhood thus to shame.
I merely come to right the crooked,
To make amends where I was wrong,
I will not trifle with your follies,
Nor raise my hand against the strong.
To make amends where I was wrong,
I will not trifle with your follies,
Nor raise my hand against the strong.
I must confess through heat of passion,
Your president I did offend,
Pray tell me does he reign supremely?
One uncondemned can he suspend?
Your president I did offend,
Pray tell me does he reign supremely?
One uncondemned can he suspend?
You, ravenous, wolf like, would devour
And swallow me up heels and head,
If not by a quick and sudden spring,
The victim of your venom fled.
And swallow me up heels and head,
If not by a quick and sudden spring,
The victim of your venom fled.
Your nets my feet shall never tangle,
Nor will I tread your winding way,
Wrongward, downward, deep descending,
Oh, vote him out I heard you say.
Nor will I tread your winding way,
Wrongward, downward, deep descending,
Oh, vote him out I heard you say.
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Whose thoughts should be both high and lofty,
With upturned eyes towards the sky,
You should not treat an humble member,
That he might from your colors fly.
With upturned eyes towards the sky,
You should not treat an humble member,
That he might from your colors fly.
True courtesy among you Juniors
Is what I long have sought to gain,
In spite of all my humble efforts,
My work to me seems all in vain.
Is what I long have sought to gain,
In spite of all my humble efforts,
My work to me seems all in vain.
Therefore, it 's best that we should sever,
Before another rising sun,
That each may in this fleeting contest
Think that he has the victory won.
Before another rising sun,
That each may in this fleeting contest
Think that he has the victory won.
I 'd freely give up my tuition,
Or give to you my heart and hand,
If we could live in union severed,
Or else within this happy band.
Or give to you my heart and hand,
If we could live in union severed,
Or else within this happy band.
It 's hard to sever ties of friendship,
Or cords of love which closely bind,
Perhaps from this we 'll take a warning,
May learn to be both just and kind.
Or cords of love which closely bind,
Perhaps from this we 'll take a warning,
May learn to be both just and kind.
Therefore, I bid you happy Juniors,
A mournful, long and last farewell,
There 're other things around us rising
Which I have not the time to tell.
A mournful, long and last farewell,
There 're other things around us rising
Which I have not the time to tell.
May luck and friendship guard your future,
My prayers shall follow you till death,
While still my pulse continues beating,
Or I may beat a fleeting breath.
My prayers shall follow you till death,
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Or I may beat a fleeting breath.
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