Cap and Gown - A Treasury of College Verse

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Cap and Gown, Selected by Frederic KnowlesThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Cap and Gown A Treasury of College VerseAuthor: Selected by Frederic KnowlesRelease Date: January 4, 2004 [EBook #10596]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CAP AND GOWN ***Produced by Afra Ullah, Carol David and PG Distributed ProofreadersCAP AND GOWNA Treasury of College VerseSelected byFrederic Lawrence Knowles_Editor of "The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics," etc.1897TO THE REVERED MEMORY OF A GREAT SCHOLARAND GREAT TEACHER WHOM I WAS ONCE PROUDTO CALL MY FRIEND,Frances James Child,THIS LITTLE BOOK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.In "Cap and Gown" you look in vainFor epic or heroic strain.Not ours to scale the heights sublime,Which hardly masters dare to climb;We only sing of youth and joy,And love,—the credo of the boy!PREFATORY NOTEThe gay verses which celebrate undergraduate life must not be taken too seriously. They seldom pretend to the dignity ofpoetry. College verse, if I understand it, is verse suited to the period and point of view of undergraduate days. Light,graceful, humorous, sparkling,—this it should be for the most part; serious sometimes, it is true,—for young men andwomen ...