Ode + 

For the Hour That Is Left Us Fair Harvard, with Thee + 

For the hour that is left us Fair Harvard, with thee, + 

Ere we face the importunate years, + 

In thy shadow we wait, while thy presence dispels + 

Our vain hesitations and fears. + 

And we turn as thy sons ever turn, in the strength + 

Of the hopes that thy blessings bestow, + 

From the hopes and ambitions that sprang at thy feet + 

To the thoughts of the past as we go. + 

Yet for all of these years that to-morrow has lost + 

We are still the less able to grieve, + 

With so much that of Harvard we carry away + 

In the place of the life that we leave. + 

And only the years that efface and destroy + 

Give us also the vision to see + 

What we owe for the future, the present, and past, + 

Fair Harvard, to thine and to thee. + 