Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Zbc Mellesle XegenOa. SONNET. The snow went ont last night in silver smoke, And 1 have slept me back to yesterday, Behind the Winter, and beyond the May ; For Autumn ' s wraith was ris ' n when 1 awoke. I saw her, and she wore her faded cloak. And trailed its greening edges past the gray Dead dust that lies upon the curved roadway. She sighed, and dry leaves dropped down from an oak. She wandered with a slow, sleep-walking glide. And wearily ; with never any sound But that one sigh that made the oak leaves cling A moment drowsily, then drop. Nor tlower beside One small, pale crocus, nestled on the ground. The snow was gone, — the wraith ' s name was called Spring. Florence Converse, ' 92.

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jforcworb. — criticism. |NOTHER year has passed over Wellesley, and for the fourth time in tlie history of the college the Legenda makes its appearance before the college world. Looking back upon the fate of its predecessors, its editors do not feel that timidity which might be expected from those launching their first effort upon the troubled seas of For they must be ever mindful of the kindly interest taken by the College and its friends in this phase of student life and work, and so repose in the confidence that their efforts will be met with the same cordial appreciation of their merits, and indulgence toward their defects. The Annual this year takes an entirely new form : ' 92, always original, has not departed from her usual CListom in the choice of the character of her Annual. Instead of giving to an ad- miring world the ordinary literary productions, she presents to their wondering gaze a graceful combination of music, art, and literature. The collection of College Songs is by no means com- plete. The space at our command was necessarily limited, so that we were obliged to confine ourselves to publishing those songs which bore most exclusively a college character, leaving almost untouched the great mass of Tree and Class Songs, which would be of less general interest. The work of completing what she has begun, of publishing a complete edition of Wellesley Songs, ' 92 leaves to her successors, who will be able to give an adequate amount of time and thought to the work. For the editors have realized most fully how great the need of such a