The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-11-16

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A Reflective Prospect.
BY JOHN G.. SAKE

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'Tis twenty years and something more,
Since. all athirst for useful knowledge.
took some draughts of classic lore
Drawn-verv miId-at--rd College
Yet remember all that one ifl
ceuId wish to hold in recollection ~
The bows the joys, the noise, the fun;
Rut not single Comic Section.
I recollect those harsh affairs,
The morning bells that gave as panics;
I recollect the formal prayers, ts'S e99
That seemed like lessons in Mechanics. $50 &,
recollect the drpwsy way sa II ~
In which the students listened to them, 10
As clearly, in my wig, to-day
AS when a boy slumbered through them.
recollect the tutors all
AS freshly now. if I may say 50, t9ii1 3aaR
As any chapter recall s4o9id9ii
In Homer or ovidiops Naso s&
recollect, extremely. well, .a
aOld Hugh" the mildest Of fanatics;
/ we'll remember Matthew Bell, '' -
Butvery family, Mathematics. r *#
recoiIect the prizes paid 90 atas a'i'a
For lessons fathomed to the bottom; ats slal
(Ales, that pencil marks should faded IS
recollect the chaps who got 'em-, ~
The light equestrians who scared
Ger every passage reckoned stony; ply
And took the chalks,-but never scored 8l1
A single honor to the pony! u vHYB IS
All me what changes Time has wrought a31
And how predictions have miscarried 8g9G
A few have reached the goal they sought,
And some are dead, and some are married;
And some in city journals war;
. And some as politicians bicker q
And some are pleading at the bar. y I'd Fab
For jury-verdicts, or for liquor.
And some on Trade and Commerce wait; !tsa
And some in schools with ounces battle;
And some the gospel propagate;
And the choicest breeds Of cattle sii
And some are living at their ease 81 sit y
And some were rocked in the revulsion -
Some, serve the state for handsome fees,
And one, 1 hear, upon compulsion!
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LAMONT, who, in his college days, ~c
Thought cen cross a moral scandal,
Has left his Puritanic ways MAN"
And worships now with bell sndIcandle =
And MANN, who mourned the Negroes fate5 wool
And held the slave as most unlucky. a..
Now holds him, at the market rate,
On a plantation in Kentucky piss ,1a|
Tow KNOX, who swore in such a tone,
1t fairly might be doubted whether ''i
1t really was himself alone, ass'et' lao sf!a
Or Kmoe and Erebus together r ''fsE#
Has grown a very altered man, t,a. 2, H.
And, changing oaths for mild entreaty,
Now recommends the Christian plan s'ia7'bt
10 satages in osaheiteg c ,BoHd I
Alas, for young ambitions VOW,
How envious Fate may overthrow ILL., q
Poor HARVEY in Congress now, 81
Who struggled long to be poet
SMITH carves (quite welD memorial stones,
Who tried in vain to make the law go ~ -
HAIL deals in hides and s'Pious Jones" I'D
Fl Is dealing faro in Chicago tod rg9 4 $50
And, sadder stiH, the brilliant HAYS, 9eli9H1i
Once honest, manly, and ambitious, NJ =
Has taken latterly to ways, Ig,y4f
Extremely profigate and vicious;
BY slow degrees can't telthow-
He's reached at last the very groundsel, 90
And in New York he figures now, gN0 go9
A member of the Common Council n e