Valentine Verses or, Lines of Truth, Love, and Virtue. By the Reverend Richard Cobbold |
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THE SENATE HOUSE. |
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THE SENATE HOUSE.
O! for the time to come again,
With cap, and gown, and college,
That pleasing time to fill the brain,
With books of solid knowledge.
O come again! ye days now gone;
I'd do exactly what I've done!—
With cap, and gown, and college,
That pleasing time to fill the brain,
With books of solid knowledge.
O come again! ye days now gone;
I'd do exactly what I've done!—
Oft did the sigh escape my heart,
The secret wish to read;—
Sage mathematics had their part,
But Love had greater need;
Ah! vain the struggle to apply,
Love seem'd the best philosophy.
The secret wish to read;—
Sage mathematics had their part,
But Love had greater need;
Ah! vain the struggle to apply,
Love seem'd the best philosophy.
Was there no wish to combat then,
For high deserving merit;
To exercise the head and pen,
With proper youthful spirit?
In truth there was; but ah! this brain
Was busy in another train.
For high deserving merit;
To exercise the head and pen,
With proper youthful spirit?
In truth there was; but ah! this brain
Was busy in another train.
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Newton, Paley, Woodhouse, Locke,
Vince and Wood, Equation Bland,
Great senators of Cambridge stock,
Your books were often in my hand;
But far away my thoughts had flown,
To one who wore a different gown.
Vince and Wood, Equation Bland,
Great senators of Cambridge stock,
Your books were often in my hand;
But far away my thoughts had flown,
To one who wore a different gown.
But never idle, day by day,
Some knowledge was attain'd,
I read, I wrote, I worked away,
But Love was all I gain'd.
O deep regret! the Wrangler's boon
Perchance were mine, or Wooden-Spoon.
Some knowledge was attain'd,
I read, I wrote, I worked away,
But Love was all I gain'd.
O deep regret! the Wrangler's boon
Perchance were mine, or Wooden-Spoon.
Well, well! contented with my name,
I'll be content, the time is gone,—
The Senate House, the seat of fame,
It pleases me to look upon.
Ah! some who read, will look on Thee,
And surely will remember me.
I'll be content, the time is gone,—
The Senate House, the seat of fame,
It pleases me to look upon.
Ah! some who read, will look on Thee,
And surely will remember me.
I say remember, why forsooth?
Because they ask'd in play,
A drawing from a careless youth,
To bear in mind that day!
Ye strangers now where'er ye be,
Have ye those sketches? think of me.
Because they ask'd in play,
A drawing from a careless youth,
To bear in mind that day!
Ye strangers now where'er ye be,
Have ye those sketches? think of me.
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O call to mind the glorious fun
To make the problem plain,
To write away, and cry out “done”!
And then to write again:—
A lion, dog, cat, wolf, or mouse,
I sketch'd them in the Senate House!
To make the problem plain,
To write away, and cry out “done”!
And then to write again:—
A lion, dog, cat, wolf, or mouse,
I sketch'd them in the Senate House!
Between the Questions, such the sport,
That entertain'd my hand;—
Forgive me, Senators, my forte,
Ye could not understand;
Or, if ye could, accept the puff,
'Twould seem to you, but idle stuff.—
That entertain'd my hand;—
Forgive me, Senators, my forte,
Ye could not understand;
Or, if ye could, accept the puff,
'Twould seem to you, but idle stuff.—
Think not howe'er I want respect,
But Envy I have none,
I write with pen and heart erect,
I'd do, now, as I've done.
Ye do not doubt me, come and see,
I take in Love a great Degree.
But Envy I have none,
I write with pen and heart erect,
I'd do, now, as I've done.
Ye do not doubt me, come and see,
I take in Love a great Degree.
But youths of spirit work away,
Advance in wisdom daily,
Improve the time without delay,
Mortality works fraily;
In days of Life your spirits rouse,
And think ye of the Senate House.
Advance in wisdom daily,
Improve the time without delay,
Mortality works fraily;
In days of Life your spirits rouse,
And think ye of the Senate House.
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