Millikin University - Millidek Yearbook (Decatur, IL)

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] MIIvl V ' ; | 7 MORNING HE blushing dawn peeps slyly through the trees And busy day sweeps from the murky sky The cobwebs of the night. A fragrant breeze Makes music in the leaves, while up on high The tower is touched with gold. The honest clock Starts up apace his weary lagging round. ( Then stops anon as solid as a rock- To ponder on the flight of time. ) A sound Breaks, echoing forth a footstep. Then the door Is opened. Soon with wandering steps, or fast, . Come students, seekers of the treasured lore Of days gone by ; and of these not the last A figure, old slouch hat atop — goes in With steps assured. The swarming corridor Grows orderly. The daily tasks begin. Ah ! h ' appy days that come for us no more. A wide-eyed child sits wondering in the sun. Strange world it is to him ! What terrors wait He knows not. Life is just begun for him And blossoms forth in joy and peace, and light.

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MILLIDEK Many the days we have spent with thee I N THY DEAR HALLS, O, MILLIKIN, AND NOW Leaving for aye, the place we love so well- LEAVING THE FR ENDS AND FOES THAT WE HAVE MADE; I N THIS OUR BOOK, WHICH WILL REMAIN WHEN WE, D EATH CONQUERED, KNOW THE FACE OF EARTH NO MORE, E NGRAVED IN DEATHLESS PRINT WE LEAVE OUR NAMES. Keep them! nor let them perish from thy thot. D. G.