University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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if: Dedication i TO DR. CHARLES W. DABNEY, who, after sixteen years of devoted and faithful ser- goes to labor in a new field, we respectfully dedicate this volume, as a token H vice to the University of Tennessee, t; of our esteem and appreciation.

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Tennessee, I Love Thee When hope mounts high in the summer time of youth, In manhood's prime, on the battlefield of life, And glory and fame are the prize ; When carerwom and weary cwe toil ; When hearts beat fast in the search for light and truth, When fate strikes hard, and the bitter, bitter strife, And the rainbow spans the glowing Western skies ; Seems, alas! our emery ardent hope to foil ; We climb each day to the City on the Hill, We long once more for the youth now left behind, , To the temple of knowledge and fame, For the freedom, the joy and the glee, Our parched lips cob! at the clear and gushing rill, But, in this world, we shall newer, never find, Where the sparkling cwaters emer flow the same. A fair green hill like that of Tennessee. Tennessee, I lacye thee, Tennessee, I tome thee, The Orange and the White ; The Orange and the White ; Let us sing one song to the dear old U. of T Let us sing one song to the dear 0th U. of TC, Where the lamp of learning's gleaming through the night; Where the lamp of learning's gleaming through the night. When glory fades, and the life-light flickers low, And shadows of evening cast their pail ; When footsteps falter, and cheeks hame lost their glorw, And the autumn twilight slowly shrouds us all ; Our hearts turn back to the days upon the Hill, Where, joyous, :we strove to reach the goal ; Fondest emotions at each memtry seem to thrill, Andyouthfut ardor fires oar faery souls. Tennessee, I Iowe thee, etc-

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CHARLES WILLIAM DABNEY