I KNOW a man of seventy years,
Who has the ancient love of knowledge;
And don't he like the new ideas
That now prevail at Cambridge College?
"Fair Harvard" is his single tune
For all the hymns that speak of heaven;
And he is coming here in June,
E'en now he blows for '77.
But will this Freshman be the boy
To live a life that's studious, very?
(For Ludwig Dindorf would employ
His nights in avocations merry,
If he were called as boys invite, -
If he could hear the cry in chorus:
"That beard so gray proclaims your right, -
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