Throughout the lofty pictured hall
Cigars diffuse aroma;
'Tis told, with awe, Ben lighted his
With his brand new diploma.
"My Brethren," Frisbee feebly says,
"Against the pricks no use it's
To kick : I introduce to you
The Boss of Massachusetts."
The older graduates rose up,
The younger cried 'Rah, 'Rah, too,
The whey-faced bookworms meekly said,
"This thing is Ben trovato."
And when His Excellency rose,
John Hancock, who is painted
Upon the wall, at once jumped down,
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