A Rondeau of College Rhymes + 

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 to-day, + 

The touch of Nature may redeem + 

Our college rhymes. + 