Wofford College - Bohemian Yearbook (Spartanburg, SC)

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Senior Class Poem BY G. D. SANDERS We came from town and country, mart and farm: From where the lifted hills in shimmering dress Rose up to meet the stars, but here and there Left nook and glen, where plaid-drest farmers built Deep in the nation ' s heart their mighty strength; From where the foaming wave crest, rising, m.xed With skies, and shut the east without; from where Wide acres stretched away till wood and field Quite lost themselves ' gainst distant hazy skies. Full many southern places, kist by sun. And painted new each changing day in tints Devised by gods, we left, and came and met Together here in college ha ' h, where sweet Friendships began to form and swiftly grow. And here we ' ve lived in such devoted tasks, In frie ndships dear, in new and vaster fields Of men ' s caged knowledge that the years, like grains Of sand within an ancient hour glass, Which spill while those who watch scarce no e their fall, Have passed, and now we stand together here The end in sight. And here we hid and sought To follow after wise and learned men. With little thought when first we gathered here That any else than we should change the map Of this small sphere. But even as we met The roar of distant cannon faintly came To break sharp on our words of greeting. For With pent-up hatred breaking leash in breasts Long silent, Slav and Hun with wild-sea wrath Were at each other ' s throats. Then old long-used Foundations creaked and crumbled, houses built Through all the ages fell, and all a-tremble Stood the world — the present ' gainst the past — The past triumphant. Looking then across Those threatened fields, men saw arise a new Portent: A symbol, crimson-striped and star Bedecked, rose o ' er the field: And while it led Men followed on. And light at length breaks forth. That flag shall win, and men shall live again. Now forth we troop from our dear labors, next To enter those more dear. For to our Alma Mater we give our dearest love, but to Our country all our lives and selves. And still That flag shall lead the hosts of right. And where Through all the world it leads we follow on. (23)