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Song
[For the Valedictory Exercises of the Senior Class of Harvard University, 1836]
No more around the social board
Shall rise the laugh of glee;
The song that stirred our bosoms once
Has hushed its melody.
Shall rise the laugh of glee;
The song that stirred our bosoms once
Has hushed its melody.
Chorus.
Youth's cherished spot! what wreaths of joy
Around thy memory twine!
While throbs the heart's warm beating pulse,
'Twill tell of “auld lang syne.”
Around thy memory twine!
While throbs the heart's warm beating pulse,
'Twill tell of “auld lang syne.”
The glance of love, the friendly word
Shall be returned no more;
Nor answer when our footsteps tread
The scenes they loved before.
Shall be returned no more;
Nor answer when our footsteps tread
The scenes they loved before.
Chorus.
Youth's cherished spot! what wreaths of joy
Around thy memory twine!
While throbs the heart's warm beating pulse,
'Twill tell of “auld lang syne.”
Around thy memory twine!
While throbs the heart's warm beating pulse,
'Twill tell of “auld lang syne.”
They who upon our pathway shed
Life's gladdest beams are here,
Upon the shrine where we have knelt
To shed the parting tear.
Life's gladdest beams are here,
Upon the shrine where we have knelt
To shed the parting tear.
Chorus.
We linger—struggling accents rise
Each friendly ear to greet;
In one farewell our hearts would breathe
Whole years of memory sweet.
Each friendly ear to greet;
In one farewell our hearts would breathe
Whole years of memory sweet.
Adieu! we cannot speak the thoughts
Our swelling breasts would speak,
For feeling's deepest, fullest tide,
The tongue's vain words are weak.
Our swelling breasts would speak,
For feeling's deepest, fullest tide,
The tongue's vain words are weak.
Chorus.
We linger—struggling accents rise
Each friendly ear to greet;
In one farewell our hearts would breathe
Whole years of memory sweet.
Each friendly ear to greet;
In one farewell our hearts would breathe
Whole years of memory sweet.
Poem No. 355; c. 19 July 1836
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