United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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i I Glimpses of West Point By R. M. WOHLFORTH, ' 17 ROM these, these rey and cincknt halls of ours An hundred martial heroes once have sprung; An hundred mighty men well known to fame And countless others by all TIME unsung. They thronged these halls and clattered on the stair . . They danced and jested ivhile soft music low Once played for the silver swinging shadows That, like love and beauty, swiftly go. Here they lived, and saw too clear life ' s Listing dream; Here they strove for strength with distaff and with bar. Here they saw the mighty Hudson ' s majesty Stark white beneath a vault of moon and star. We did it too, a)id found our life like theirs. These buildings meant to us a little more. This heritage is ours to carry on ... . Our memories, like theirs, our golden store. Take this and carry on. What matter outward marks or Rings 1 We cariy with us an affection that Transcends the glow of earthy things.

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I I Administration Building ROM its blue rase the rose of evening drops; Upon the Hudson its petals float away. The hills all blue with distance hide their tops In the dim silence jailing on the grey. Twi.xt battlement and shoulder of the plain, Tinged now with red and now with purple rare, A tower rears its head as if in pain, . And seems to soar aloft to breathe the air. It hides and yet commands a portcullis — The conduit to the country ' s Service, where The Nation ' s youths ( trained to know the call is) Go forth to honor country and to dare. 4