St Francis Xavier Academy - Xavier Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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The sun had waked the glorious day. And dew-gemmed, vine-clad S. X. A. ; Then, 'midst the pearl of wak’ning hour, The gold of lovely autumn flower. He whispered at the Convent door Of Freshies, coming by the score. And when the day had risen clear, Had kissed away the night’s soft tear. We came in silent, fearful troop. A huddling, frightened, timid group; For, as we later learned to say. “Mirabile Dictu,” our lay. We learned of courtiers, warriors bold. Then saw the pyramids of old: We hunted the elusive “y,” And traveled regions vast as sky; Ah, now, each felt herself a sage. One line was done on life’s new page. As Sophomores, with physics known, The seeds of Frangais next were sown; We learned of Caesar’s legion, true, And all that Rome's great chiefs could do. We reached by now. the Junior year Where vanished far, grim failure’s fear. And now in Spain’s soft-sounding tongue We learned of hero-stories sung: And how great Cicero declaimed. A fact that makes his name far-famed: Though swift the year’s bright days fled by In mem’ry, they can never die. Page Thirty The Xavier