The Record of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Volumes 8-9

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1888
 

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Page 69 - Hear the tolling of the bells— Iron bells ! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels ! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone ! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan
Page 1 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 175 - Hear the mellow wedding bells—golden bells ! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells ! Through the balmy air of night, how they ring out their delight ! From the molten golden notes, All in tune. What
Page 278 - Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! Youth and the opening rose May look like things too glorious for decay, And smile at thee ; but thou art not of those That wait the ripened bloom to seize their prey.
Page 20 - to gild refined gold, to paint the lily, to throw a perfume on the violet, to smooth the ice or to add another hue
Page 8 - I am owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, Of Caesar's hand and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart and Shakespeare's strain.
Page 244 - has been a constant and expanding miracle from Plymouth Rock and Jamestown all the way—aye, even from the hour when from the voiceless and trackless ocean a new world rose to the sight of the inspired sailor. As we approach the fourth centennial of that stupendous day when the old world will come to marvel and to learn amid our gathered treasures,
Page 218 - pages, with a cover in the fraternity colors. It was not a success and did not become popular in the fraternity; the editors footed the bills and attended the funeral. The convention of 1870 again authorized the publication of a periodical, and the project was tried again under the name of the University
Page 154 - family in their bereavement; and, Be it further resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our

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