Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-27
FOSS HALL.
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TO enter life's busy scene,
To take d mans place in the conflict
Through knowledge, calm, sure, and Sc
rene.
Yes. grand is the thought and inspiring
OF genius and wit there may be
Deep hid in our youths inner being,
Which God. and God only, can see;
And of life in its slowness unfolding,
Which. like a golden thread in the
Reflects every ray of our being.
Now hid in the darkness of night.
We stand on the mount of Parnassus,
We dream in the pride Of our youth
For pride comes with td-btS of knOWl-
The froth on the depths Of the truth.
And we think the same thoughts your are
And eagerly look to the dawn
OF days when our name is reaounnlnS
From the lips of the races unborn.
But bark, there's an echo Of sadness,
Our spirits it comes stealing ntT.
For now we are leaving our college,
We mass the last time from her door.
We are leaving our friends ana our COZ
We iea*e the old home Of oYr ;yI rmth'
There's naught hut an echo ~ sadness
The hollow, dull echo of truth
7 crossed the wide stretch of our campus.
Where the naples and the elms throw
their shade
In thick interlacing of shadows.
AS one on another We're laid
And the spirit of Colby came StcanhS
Across the dark green OF the lawn
And stood by my elbow and whispered
At sight of my face so forlorh'
.J.et grief take its course in your poSoi'''
For grief is the purEcr Of man
II takes from their heart all their mean
A,d makes them ,nscltish again.
Al II tells him so meek an example
From those they bcwaii now - i'S''
Acquire their greatness OF SPit!t
tn aid them on seas tempest 'o79'"'
Yes seek thou the source OF that spirit
ar service unselfiSh and true;
OS mon whose whole soul is devoted
To moulding the lives OF thoSc wv
Arc to be the great hope OF thc lu'uic
or men whose desire is 70 see
Son,e blessing devolve on the nation
Because of their service for thee.
They ask no reward for their service
rrbair homes and ambitions are time.
They give of their lives to MAKE Peiie''
The delicate thread of the me h,s vic
OF thoy life. And wheh "ou -
At o close of they days here below.
selects his reward for thy Sc.o,rc
On them a great part to besto"'
.Ilis care shall be" Thus spake the
us.hn,,sbt at length it had fowl
"A noment-and then it was speaking
And sad was its desolate tone; 80, GRO
ssYOu may SrleVc lof 'ic
ror ranges of ages untold ..
Grail mass Ger again some nti, laws
Yn,r lot it shall be to behoid'
49, ,x,,o on the walls Of the college
- W;tS Uistf,,I and sOrrowt III eyes 800.
And deep from your nina Hi'iei
A. VIE noen rs the depths Of the skies; ,oo
rrhsre comes pouring the dear reco''''
=. t t,oa s,,res and joys that are mast:
~ y;sinns of friendships cnm, 1 srn Il
E IA Friendship, thank God that sii'''
last.
z from, the caves in the mount IL
NWSich Aeolus holds his SWAY,
NJ hreath of reproach 81 So,IIM o1,,,-
NSom sr,,aen thy true friendsnlpI W. ", !.
To on be worthy such friends ana 'H'S eo'
Do m nGvv and forever thy aim. ,,,
;. "a ;,,st &c thv love has been EiNth +ho,,
A Td 'I mne 81 of of their love canst thou
claim"
-, -,ore said the spirit. but watted
IA r,av on the beams of the nsnI
fssant from my view in mo NV
anshed through the air from my
ag Enn1I;ained but the walls of Ola
.C otnds' forsaken they seemed
And sn Dud had thought l had oreanIS1