Long Island College Hospital - Lichonian Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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Pa li .,-5 . I, , I l ' I l l Which only those by spirits fortified l ' Can understand. Our youth was qualified. ',' For often from the hottest depths of hell ll He summoned hery spirits who there dwell ly I il And made them do his bidding. So he heard . 3 That speech which needs no air, for every word Is but wave motion in a spirit fluid X I Uncomprehendecl but by Satarfs brood. I V THE NEGRO EMPLOYS 'ms HEROIC COUPLET If The negro who on Table Nine reposed I Standing with all his viscera exposed I ' Declaimed in tones of pent up agony Ili Showing the loathly maggots all could see Crawling upon his neck. There was X21 clay When first upon that table I did lay When I was clean as any in this place. IH Those four who on my body try to trace, With burning stab, each nerve, each artery, 1 1 Oh, brethren, look what they have clone to me. I ' Such careless creatures wholly ignorant i Upon whose faults for hours I could descant 1 I never yet have seen. Are all like that, i'l Those thoughtless ones who our poor bodies hack? H VI . IN WHICH We CoMPL1MEN'r 'rnu WEAKER SEX Ml As this one glazed eye shot out a gleam 1 One face whose skinless features seemed to beam My Attracted the attention of that crowd. li Robbed of the consolation of the shroud. ' I Nay, brothers all, this happy face announced, an Let not such wrongful words be here pronounced Listen but to my tale, and you shall hear, l l Of students who :1 spirit's heart do cheer. i ' On Table Two my naked limbs I lay Awaiting patiently that distant day When plodding life upon this orb is done, M y Then dead and living all shall be as one. N . , But to my tale. Une day-such my surprise- 'Ea' I thought myself brought to that paradise lfll In which the Turks believe-There hour is set Id To solace those who die, so it is writ- For over me, with sympathetic glance, ,S 1 There bent a form which put me in a trance ,fp Sweeter by far than death. It was a maid J Who fearful of me yet seemed unafraid. , ig And after that three others like the first ,g -'Vg -,-, V - lla, LICHONIANIEK 1141933 i. is-475315 ge two lzuzzdred and seven 'E

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.,, 1 .3 l X ,H gl I 1 3 ' lift :gill alll ' igjll Section of the resting marnmary gland At stroke of midnight must all be begun lfli And hnished as the churchyard bell tolls one. lie? And when the product is required to do lts deed, dissolve in spirit of home brew. 'Ill if '1iI'lE Powen OF STRONG SPIRITS All things which in that ancient script he read. Things written by the hand of one long dead Our fearless youth digested till at length L-Q, He saw that most depended on the strength W Of home brew used, for that old parchment said, i'Qnly.strong spirits can evoke the dead. lhen in all things most faithfully he wrought. Dissolved each milligram in costly quart Until that potent liquid was prepared Then he to a dissecting room repaired. Into each mouth open with gruesome gape He poured the burning Huid as to slalce The agelong thirst consuming every part Kept from its rightful rest hy human art. liiflgne fraught is lien enough to rlaiiiz the diadu qw at usty crum ing pare ment a a egec. And so in truth it was. Each grisly head Upraised itself upon its stony bed. 'lil Each ghastly form with wonder gazed around iw' Then all with one accord their rags unwound. Only the Evil Qne who rules below Is able to describe such utterlwoe. As gripped each form when it beheld the state X311 Into which those pursued by ruthless fate Are cast. In truth it was 11 fearful sight YVhich our intrepid youth did e'en affright. IV iQ THE ASSENIBLY Now in that place of death there is a room Where those who rule are wont to mete out doom 'P Cut limb from limb nor stop at vital heart. To students who with scalpel razor sharp lgfl Into this room as tho with one accord That motley crew, from death arisen, poured if A crunch, a moan, a creak, a stifled sigh- Unearthly sounds-were heard as there passed by An arm, a leg, a trunk, an eyeless head. i Oh! who can picture such a scene of dread? 5, When to that place of judgment all were come , :Wifi A Then there arose a murmur and a hum 'lit fig e are are T fr- i- -- l .j.Vl ' lr l fl .l A kg,- ,..17,fv-.:.' X -4 bfi. 4, lik jig, br T 'f5 '-fir: t - fs, , ,-,J fl, - 1 ' -.-K 1-...- J K, -,L--- - -., Page I-wo hundred and .six

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3222gimrlifcixzzisizmmzanzgjgzzrzzixizzzrxxzmmmmmggzgsggzggz:Q II HI if, 1 Came nigh to me. Death, thou are thrice accursed! I Nor eye, nor limb, nor body, could l' raise , I To signify that, dead, If yielded praise H To them who showed me once again a face I Belonging to a female of our race I And so I lie there with soul satisfied. Once. more I live, altho once I have died. I VII 'I THE CHINAMAN TUNES THE TRAGIC LYRE Now the Celestial who on Fourteen lies ' Spoke in his turn, the while his almond eyes Seemed gazing upon scenes far far away In the great empire where his fathers lay. I I Great China saw my birth, that wondrous land IH Whose people are for number like the sand. Where reverence is paid to those who die, They are interred in a place nearby , I Their homes, and their descendants often come To worship at the loved and last one's tomb, I' I For me, alas, no offsprings tears shall flow ' I lVIy ashes shall by all the winds that blow IH Be tossed about. And never shall I rest HI Upon Celestial China's ancient breast. ,Z VIII , IN WH1cH THE AGONY DRAWS TO A CLOSE Il I He ceased his tale. The spectre throng was still, And now was felt the early morning chill, , I VVhich marks the coming of the goodly day I i i VVhich spirits of the night cannot withstay. - I Each mournful soul gripped by Z1 deathly cold I Felt all too soon its new life was grown old- III The force of that strong eliver was sped I I Which first had given life to those once dead. ij' So now each weary form with halting step, V' Back to its stony pallet slowly crept. And with the coming of the radiant dawn I , ' Each last small lingering spark of life was gone. 'I PART THE THIRD is . CIN WHICH WE MAKE A GRACEFUL EXITI Il A sudden thunder strikes the ear if Fearful Somnus' minions Hee A massy volume falls to earth Obeying gravity. - 11' Ages rush by, Time is made thrall ' T -.'i ,V In the time it takes a book to fall -QI' TP Awaking one to print, endless and drear. F' . , ll' w' I 11 ilu I M , fi' r' IIT '-1 I4 I in IQIQHONIIIII 1 2.5 . - 'I' ':jA ,Q?Ql V ,Ii iriiisii f it. If-ill-QF - li el Lffigffi , - -.. Page t o mnrlred and eight