The Puritan's austerity of grace,
The eager spirit in immortal yearning,
The pallid sweetness of the earnest face,
The weary, steadfast eyes that lighted fearless,
The grave, high brow with radiance sublime;
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The strong, young soul that walked erect and peerless.
To conquer Death and chase the mists of Time.
"Seer of visions, breaking through the ages,
Dreamer of dreams that wake the living soul.
Preacher of love, whose bounties are they pages.
Prophet of God, whose nation is thy scroll--
Thou who mad'st glad the solitary places,
Thou who hast set the generations free.
Look on thy struggling children's faces,
Teach us to love, to triumph, and to see."
With the singing of "Fair Harvard," led by W. A. Locke '69, as chorister, the dinner was ended