Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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THE AEGIS. J906 Spirit of Dartmouth Hall I. On the edge of the sombre northern woods, In the winters of long ago, I summoned my Indian children forth From the lands of the sparkling snow; They came, and went, and came no more, But beneath my roof-tree strong The pale-face dwelt in the red man ' s stead: I waited, waited long. I remember the hard and bitter time Of poverty and strife. When the little college a few men loved Was battling for its life; My Webster raised his godlike arm To rescue me from wrong. And win me back my chartered rights: I waited, waited long.

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man to Ijts frientis, to aiti ijim m malung nrVo oius, to bring Ijim into closer union DitI) alumni, to foster tljr ' ' Bartmoutlj Spirit to assist tljt sons of Bartmoutij to br bratJt anti lopaU to imprese upon i)cr builtirrs of tljougbt tljcir oton tocaluuss, to bring to bcr toortbp sons tljc gift of M laurel, to cull tlje cljaff from tbe tobeat, to gitje a rutitiier tint to our sombre life. CCljis tnas our trust. Wt present our attempt at its fulfillment

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THE AEGIS J906 I stood on guard for six-score years, Through hours that were bright or dark; And I never cared if they laughed at me Or called me Noah ' s Ark; For I always knew what they really felt, My dear and loyal throng, And ' t was nothing but praise in my latest days: I waited, waited long. IV. At last my fated morning came, And doom of fiery breath; To the winds of the sky my spirit flew, My body to ashen death. I live in the hearts of thousands of sons, In story, speech, and song. But I ' m lonely away from my earthly home: I wait, I wait — how long? C. F. R.