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Henry Van Dyke - A Rondeau of College Rhymes
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Our college rhymes,—how light they seem,
   Like little ghosts of love`s young dream
   That led our boyish hearts away
   From lectures and from books, to stray
By flowery mead and flowing stream!

There`s nothing here, in form or theme,
Of thought sublime or art supreme:
   We would not have the critic weigh
      Our college rhymes.

Yet if, perchance, a slender beam
Of feeling`s glow or fancy`s gleam
   Still lingers in the lines we lay
   At Alma Mater`s feet today,
The touch of Nature may redeem
      Our college rhymes.
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