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THE COLLEGE BEAUTIFUL.
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Till from rustic doorway the squirrel peeping
Drops his acorn to chide and rail,
Jealous court in the oak-tree keeping,
Canopied under his royal tail.
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In and out of the honeyed clover
Saileth the moth on resplendent wings,
Dusky purples all damasked over
With gold and ruby emblazonings.
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The whispering wind, as it swiftly passes
From elm to hickory, lightly bends
The plumy tops of the dewy grasses,
Making the ferns and the mosses friends,
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And dimples Waban, to mirth beguiling
Those waves where the violets, early missed
By their bluebird poets, dwell sainted, smiling
Up thro' the tremulous amethyst.
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While over the brink, like a soul that searches
For love divine in a human guise,
