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96
A SONG OF “LANG SYNE.”
FOR THE CLASS OF 1829.
When autumn blasts sweep o'er the fields,
And slanting suns decline,
How bright the hour that gathers here
The Class of '29!
And slanting suns decline,
How bright the hour that gathers here
The Class of '29!
How fair the day when round the heart
Old friendships, hallowed, twine;
Blest be the ties that join in love
The Class of '29!
Old friendships, hallowed, twine;
Blest be the ties that join in love
The Class of '29!
Now college days come back afresh,—
Secant, and curve, and sine,
Logic and Latin, that imbued
The Class of '29.
Secant, and curve, and sine,
Logic and Latin, that imbued
The Class of '29.
Homer and Hesiod, Paley, Brown,
Anacreon's love and wine,
And modern lore, that came t' adorn
The Class of '29.
Anacreon's love and wine,
And modern lore, that came t' adorn
The Class of '29.
Around our brows, once bright with youth,
Now age hangs out its sign;
But nobler grows the fame which wreathes
The Class of '29.
Now age hangs out its sign;
But nobler grows the fame which wreathes
The Class of '29.
Then hand to hand, and heart to heart,
Like brothers, still combine,
Till not a name, unstarred, shall mark
The Class of '29.
Like brothers, still combine,
Till not a name, unstarred, shall mark
The Class of '29.
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