Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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PELAGUS O Neptune, cincte tellure et caelo obtecte, undae animum excitant, praetextus ingenium reddit, altitude- verecundiam ostentat. A MAN He rises with dawn, and sleeps with the dusk In a land that belongs To none. His home is sound, his family strong With the will that carries them Through life. A hard life. A short life. A life that is lived for the present, And forgotten hereafter. His faith in God binds him firmly With the land which he loves And despises. From it he fills his stomach and To it he gives his strength. His sweat brings The chance Of reward, and sometimes Of failure. He is a simple man. He longs not for death, and yet it is there, And he is not grieved. He finds love with his own, And peace with the beauty Of nature. When he is gone, His seed will continue to grow in the land, For he planted it well, And taught his young To struggle, To accept, To live As he did. S. Roloff 12E Solem aspiciens fis caeruleus, color libertatis; ventos adloquens semper irasceris; luna noctu veste argentea te velat. Nee infixus ut solum nee liber ut aether: transitus es terrae auraeque. Ascribere unum modo nomen alium tibi possum: Pelagus. Jim C. Hou Grade 13 IMPRESSION Q Everyone has gone, brought with him his voice, laughter, and my misery. The halls are empty, the air freezes. Walking through the woods with no sound of footsteps or whisperings, with no shadow hanging in front or behind, there is no sound but the dialogue between the North Wind and the branches; nor is there the odor of human existence: only the fragrance of fresh pines. Although no hymn is sung, the recollection of chantings is heard in the mind. Quietness is you alone with yourself, and then perhaps, with nature too. Jim C. Hou Grade 13 PENSEE II n ' y a pas d ' art plus difficile que I ' art de vivre. Pour les autres arts et sciences, on peut trouver nombreux professeurs pour nous enseigner les verites fondamentales. Encore, personne ne peut me montrer comment vivre, sauf moi-meme. D ' un bout a I ' autre de la vie, il me faut continuer a apprendre a vivre; d ' une telle maniere que j ' ap- prendrai enfin a mourir. Jim G. Hou Grade 13