Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Semper Fidelis Xvhen all the pregnant preface of the past is told, And historfs valid scroll has been unrolled, lVe'll see outstanding from the common herd of inert Q.-Xs dawn-tipped hilltops o'er a shadowed glenj Those who have served and given of their best- Serving unrecognized perhaps-now dominate the rest. Priest, poet, painter, philosopher, and warrior bold, Of hint who sailed the seven seas. of him who watched the fold. Lowlv and high, alike, their deeds recorded show QAs sunrise gilds a path along the driven snowy . Deeds of the mighty. often in smallest script are told: Deeds of the lowlv, often appear in burnished gold. Prelates hath pride: the poet sings his song and passes ong The painter but reflects what all mav see: philosophers are goneg Kings. courts and crowns last but a day: the warrior's sword is rustg QAs gorgeous foliage, fallen bv winter winds. returns to dustj . No more to prav. to sing, to paint, philosophise, to go to war, To rule, to sail again the seven seas-alas, no more. But what of hint, and of his kind, who humbly watched the fold, And guarded well the lNIaster's lambs, as shepherds did of oldg XVho helped the opening bud of life, who gave surceases from pain Q.-Xs on the parched and suffering earth descends the gentle rainj , Hlho eased the closing eves in death. who labored night and day? XVell may their names head all the rest, theirs was the Master's way. Through all the preface of the past, when history's deeds were written down, By day and night thev labored on, nor sought an earthly crown. And now, when secrets of the heart are bared, when pride and prejudice are done fAs valley mists and shades of night retreat before the risen sunj , Each brother of the healing art is given place, his story told, And here, beside the humblest names, read Semper Fidelis writ in words of gold. 16