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'\')3 @LASS ODE. -- 'lillie: ]l,'lARGUERITE;. If..re ye well T If..re ye well, '§l3 T At last the lillie has come to say farewell, Farewell to '93 for e'er; And floods of sad regret rush o'er A~ 110Wwe rend these ties so dcar-'93. T'hrough four long years of school life, gay and sweet. 'Mid scenes all which we love to dwell, Thy name has e'er been tbe pass-word To all that we have loved so well. The past has been for us a sweet dreruulaud, Where we have to Minerva bowed, And freely sipped the uectarure Which from the fouut of wisdom no\\'cd-'9J. But now iuere comes a sad awakening-, Those dreams iu memories of yore, Now glide like sunbeams into shade Since we can dwell with t.hee 1\0 lUore. III To thee we've clung in times of solitude. When all else seemed but darkest cloud, Aud Iouud in thee the silver soeeu To shine upon our hear-ts dowu howed-'9J. And pleasure's course did e'er dictate to us To follow where thine owu did wend, ·\ud smites and tear, alike do bind To mem'r-ies of thee ne'er to curl.