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IN THE ‘LONG’
Youth of the 'Varsity,
Flower of the land,
Here in a far city
Dreary I stand,
And pledge thee, and wring (like a ‘freshman’) thy hand.
Flower of the land,
Here in a far city
Dreary I stand,
And pledge thee, and wring (like a ‘freshman’) thy hand.
Time-honoured Colleges!
Classical halls!
Seeking for knowledge is
The last thing that palls
Under the nurturing shade of thy walls!
Classical halls!
Seeking for knowledge is
The last thing that palls
Under the nurturing shade of thy walls!
Dwellers in Trinity—
Tempest-tossed Cam—
Dons of Divinity—
‘Little-go’ cram
Alike are deserving of prostrate salaam.
Tempest-tossed Cam—
Dons of Divinity—
‘Little-go’ cram
Alike are deserving of prostrate salaam.
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Up in an attic all
Corner and slope,
Men mathematical
Gloomily grope,
Of far away Fellowship, fostering hope.
Corner and slope,
Men mathematical
Gloomily grope,
Of far away Fellowship, fostering hope.
Burning to head all lists,
Lavish of oil,
Prizemen and medallists
Ceaselessly toil,
Burning, eternally burning for spoil.
Lavish of oil,
Prizemen and medallists
Ceaselessly toil,
Burning, eternally burning for spoil.
Slumbering lazily
Under the trees,
Ofttimes I hazily
Ponder of these
Sweet youths in their labours for ‘Honours’ degrees.
Under the trees,
Ofttimes I hazily
Ponder of these
Sweet youths in their labours for ‘Honours’ degrees.
Oft in the ‘Vac.,’ as I
Catch the perfumes
Of mingling tobaccos, I
Dream of my ‘rooms’
Haunted by ‘bedmakers,’ beetles, and glooms.
Catch the perfumes
Of mingling tobaccos, I
Dream of my ‘rooms’
Haunted by ‘bedmakers,’ beetles, and glooms.
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Of faces congenial
Time-honoured jokes,
Of servient menial
Sedative smokes
Of bountiful ‘butteries,’ obdurate ‘oaks.’
Time-honoured jokes,
Of servient menial
Sedative smokes
Of bountiful ‘butteries,’ obdurate ‘oaks.’
Youth of the 'Varsity,
Flower of the land,
Now in a far city
Dreary I stand
And pledge thee, and wring like a freshman thy hand.
Flower of the land,
Now in a far city
Dreary I stand
And pledge thee, and wring like a freshman thy hand.
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