SOFTLY shines the autumn moon, -

Softly, gently, sweetly, brightly;

Ah, it is a precious boon

'Neath its rays to slumber lightly.

Earth and I in the pure beams

All our hurts and griefs are healing;

Nature full of music seems, -

Still so gently o'er me stealing.

Dreamland vaguely seems to float

Like a seaweed on the ocean, -

Seems to rock me like a boat

With an undulating motion;

But I start up from repose

With an agitated feeling,

For that music comes and goes,

Still so gently o'er me stealing.

Vainly do I seek to sink

Dreaming 'neath the wings of Morpheus,

For that music is, I think,

Rivalling the lyre of Orpheus.

Fine musicians! lovely tones

On my tympanum vibrating!

To the centre of my bones

Every note is penetrating.

Cursed assassins! Now I see

That they are those blanked mosquitoes;

They have come to murder me

With their poisonous stilettos.

They have sung their requiem!

Holy Mary, help me bury

Every mother's son of them

'Neath a Webster's Dictionary!

C. C. Z.THE total amount charged on the term bills for board at Memorial Hall last year was about ninety thousand dollars.

THE games in the lawn-tennis tournament, up to Thursday, resulted as follows:-

Bates, '79, v. C. Brigham, '79, 6 - 3.

Meyer, '79, v. Warren, '82, 6 - 1.

M'Callister, L. S., v. Miller, '80, 6 - 2.

Van Rensselaer, '79, v. Chapin, '80, 6 - 4.

C. Morgan, '80, v. Dewitt, '82, 6 - 3.

Teschemacher, L. S., v. Stevens, M. S, 6 - 0.

Guild, '80, v. Trimble, '79, 6 - 4.

Weld, '80, v. Hooper, '80, 6 - 0.

Shaw, '80, v. Baldwin, '82, 6 - 0.

Kane, '82, v. Urquhart, '79, 6 - 1.

LeRoy, '79, v. Eldridge, '82, 6 - 4

Plummer, L. S. S., v. Fearing, '82, Deuce set.