New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-26
INTRODUCTION.

make my bow TO you, nos; potent, grave,
And reverend senior, first, Of you ! crave
Large IA. ssure # INDULGENCE, for fear
shall cay hi;le that you IN hear.
No coal has touched II y bps no kidding FIRE
Electric neubl-s DER Iny muct-u.sd Tyre.
No ipspirati' n born Of Heaven or Earth,
j, niiIe unless, perchsnoe il i've IN nir.h.
No IN. sfiis.us fills me as sing
Simple TIE ofenng which to-day brrsi
ADo have Do. ior lhess PLAIN thiDr ! ;@ach
Action ptterspcs or th- power of speech:
! oDl, speak ri.ht 10 ct me time
And the oc aston with my iscile rhyme.
Next unto you dear Juniors ye yo1ns men,
Who cal me TO these classic shades asair,
/ make nay sslutsiion, ana ask
No psJdoh Tor tins shshtiy-.xecGtsd ask,
ar 40 you 6.em itl-for II 10 not loDg
Since Of 4" True Independence" the true song,
] stove 10 siIg invited By your usee,
Before this audience In this very place.
II ~hs, then r.hear.ed were weak and .ane,
Not5 you have 10 one but yourselves 20 blame.
Yes-He E9o-I am he, who came
Some four years since, unoera.drd BY fame,
From he paved streets and brick and bro~nsone walls
To III. se sresn fields. these vulnerable halls,
Summoned By your associated bsuds
And sre.t,d By warm hearts and open hands.
ko'hing Is changed: the same kind welcomes meet
NV return 70 this illusrious seat
vi Learning, where each Dell tina. calls 70 prayer
Pulses with sacred memories the air.
Nothing IL changed: al East, no natural thing;
The same sweet irfueuces ar1und you spring,
The bright waters fo~ from bill ~ vale,
Your cheek. are reddeuei BY The same fresh gale,
Tie same 5lueshy is i,teriDs from above
To the ,sm. hymns Of gratitude a0d love.
But WE hay. chsnsed: Age always does ne wrong,
And Life is short, however Art be lons.
BOYS. that 13ys four lit,ls years ago,
Are p-rfoT ners on lf,'s shifting show.
YOuth. 10 81 youths, have taken mighty start,
And each is actirs now his destined part
Some ia the couu.ry. others IN the town:
Ricksro's hero, while poor Dcks clown,
Ard John ia up, while Jack has tumbled down:
Some gain their laurel, Others break teen crown.
Ard many one though none the worse for wear,
Has faded vanished yamos.i, Hesvrn kuOxs where
Aud may one a fortune iiit won.
So changed, his mother hardly knows her son.
By women wor.hiped, and by urchi1s feared
A msu whose voice comes puil A through his beard.
Thin gifted one has gwen himself ~ trade.
Poor poet los. suocessf1l merchant inside:
That stupid one 10 Congress YET remains
Hes slow but sure, and safe, though void Of brains
And others are professional 81 least:
A i.wyrr ODE, one doctor, ard one PRIEST
To ara and N practice ano TO preach,
Each little pleased with what has allen 70 each.
Ard even amid your hush'd and h,llow'd scene,
These four ears gone what changes intervene!
Since then the Freshman, lib IL those calov worms,
Flint CUB tneL butte fly, has passed his terms,
Gone through his ch'ysali. wh pra'e or blame,
And had two letters added 10 bu ma ne.
Strange that ai'h A. b. sb his course began
Ano A. Is. 40. has flushed hiu-a man!
Seniors and Juniors, though not those 20 whom
/ spote ct frat emerging roa .he gloom
o. Co lege life, whose purpose l. u " cram,
Have II hey choose their grand A. NJ. am
Masters Of Arts and gentlemen Of pa ts
PERHAPS have bowed to Mattresses d Hearts.
And bachelors no more, reflect a. ease
How Lo e. like Colleges, has it's degrees.
Warm ct the TropIc frozen at the Pole,
AZ ITS swift cur, nts into marriage roll,
Where Arctic bres chill the feryid soul.
A from the Equator to III, North they glide,
Those darling desIs toe brio. groom and the bnde,
Their tender minds with this fact imbued,
Love has degrees, though DO. Of latitude
But this is tTeAson-heHsy-a shame:
1t 10 depression, whatsoe'er its name,
So, by your leave, will prelude no more,
Ard omit the sspsnt phomore,
That curious Dond' script. ell ears and eyes
Lise some quadrup. ds-w.e or other wise.
Now 70 my subect-why should rehsafse
Such tbugs a. everybody knows, IN verse
Why should thus a, doubtless many thnk,
Stand IDLY shivering on that subjects bnnk!
In m.dias res, plunge boldly in, you say
For towards sink, while brave men swim away.
Alb. who's afraid / was Dot born - drown,
Though out Of depth my topic taxes me down.
I NAV In deed provoke different fate,
When YOU shall hear whs' shall soon dilate
Students are on suspended for while
Ihang, dear sudenoe, only on your smile.