Accept our homage; please reign o'er us!")
Now, should he Learning's honors see,
And, full of glowing ardor, choose 'em,
Then what a jewel that shall be,
Ablaze on Alma Mater's bosom!
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But can one dread to be a shirk
On whom no eyes at home are centred?
Will he prepare for after-work?
He finished that before he entered!
And this old cove can sing so well,
And gives such wine, and knows such stories,
That he - alas! I hate to tell -
Will be seduced by social glories.
PHI.