Meredith College - Oak Leaves Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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ALMA MATER We salute thee, Alma Mater, we salute Thou hast come thro ' tribulation, and thy thee with a song, robe is clean and white! At thy feet our loyal hearts their tribute Thou art fairer than the summer in its lay; bloom. We had waited for thy coming, in the dark- Thou art born unto a kingdom, and thy ness waited long, crown is all of light; Ere the morning star proclaimed thy Thou shalt smile away the shadow and natal day. the gloom. In thy path the fields shall blossom and the desert shall rejoice, In the wilderness a living fountain spring; For the blind shall see thy beauty, and the deaf shall hear thy voice, And the silent tongues their high ho- sannas sing. Where the rhododendron blushes on the burly mountain ' s breast, In the midland where the wild deer love to roam, Where the water-lily slumbers while the cypress guards its rest, Lo! thy sunny land of promise and thy home. Where the sons of Carolina taught a nation to be free, And her daughters taught their brothers to be brave; O ' er a land of peaceful plenty, from the highlands to the sea, May thy banner, Alma Mater, ever wave! RICHARD T. VANN.