But he will find "Solid"
Before him will glare;
Will pester his pleasures,
And weigh on his life
Like devil-curst treasures
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That only bring strife.
Here have I sought for full three years and more
To banish from me ev'ry thought of care;
Have said that those conditions should be past
Ere as a Senior I stalked o'er the Yard.
A life of ease and merriment I spent
(And shekels too, an' but the truth were known),
I've joined in all the dinners, parties, scrapes,
That make and mar the present college man;
I've sought both high and low - like fools of old
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