And now turning to something in a light , ic finds the following "Elegy Written in a :ory" to be most pleasing. Although he • to "holding a dainty little hand," himself. ELEGY WRITTIP4N IN A COI4I4r4GX LABO The welcome gong now sounds the close of th The whistling crowd troops gaily out the doo 4ach man betakes himself his separate way, And leaves the room as silent as before. Beneath that rugged pile the dust heap there Where daily increase heaps it higher still, The sad remains of shattered test-tubes lie, Which thus their ordained destiny fulfill. For them no more the blazing gas shall burn Or busy student ply his awkward care, The paths of learning lead through unseen And future bills cause sadness and despair, Then hark, 0 zealous student entering . here, Prepare with fortitude thy path to tread; For ruin and disaster wait you here, And dangers hover daily round you head. —John Hopkins Last night I held a little hand So dainty and so neat Methought my heart would burst N So wildly did it beat. No other hand into my soul Could so great solace bring, Than that I held last night, which Pour aces and a king.--Er. NOT 1W GRAY.
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