Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Oh, many are the changes, Alterations, customs new, Which ' 98 has seen evolved In the years she has gone through.

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The Rhyme of a Radiator Or The Digs Despair 1 O ' er my last brief I bend. Hard work without end Seems piled up before me ; A dark cloud hangs o ' er me Of papers increasing And grinding unceasing. But while lessons lower, For this quiet hour I ' m mightily glad. While time ' s to be had I study and plan As hard as I can. But alas ! I ' m not done, — Not fairly begun, When — portent so drear — There falls on my ear A faint murmuring hum, — And I know what ' s to come. This hum quickly grows to a loud steamy hiss, All sizzling and gurgling (no sound to miss). Then a sudden loud thump Makes us start with a jump. ' Tis the prelude insane of its demon-like working. Now it really commences its cranking and jerking : Its creaking and pounding, and wild rattling din, With wheezing and grinding and grating within. A hoarse iron chatter — A fierce, jarring clatter ; — Then a crash and slow bang, — An ear-splitting clang, — 1 With thanks to its contributor, formerly of : And then follows a series of deafening explosions, Of smashing and thundering iron commotions, Metallic collisions with racket and storm, Like ferocious attacks of a fierce battering ram ; Now louder and faster comes pound upon pound — Confusion poured forth in a chaos of sound. When! ! ! Of a sudden silence falls again. I all exhausted turn my fevered brain Again to my forensic ; but alack ! From my weary head Each precious thought has fled, And for to-night at least ' twill not come back.

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