Arbutus . Alas, quoth she, my son is dying,The work of college lifes too trying. (All poets Bay quoth. Thais one sure way ofknowing a pod when you see one). So to her husband straight she hasted,No precious moments saw she wasted. (To be sure, this stanza tells absolutely that is only the important literary device knownas suspense. As one of our greatest poets remarked: A newly captured horse thief, Was dangling from a tree; Tn a whisper hoarse he muttered, This suspense is killing me.) 256 To college then their footsteps sought the place where Will was pining. (This i
Arbutus . Alas, quoth she, my son is dying,The work of college lifes too trying. (All poets Bay quoth. Thais one sure way ofknowing a pod when you see one). So to her husband straight she hasted,No precious moments saw she wasted. (To be sure, this stanza tells absolutely that is only the important literary device knownas suspense. As one of our greatest poets remarked: A newly captured horse thief, Was dangling from a tree; Tn a whisper hoarse he muttered, This suspense is killing me.) 256 To college then their footsteps sought the place where Will was pining. (This is a difficult passage. Most critics are un-decided yet as to the action indicated by the beauti-ful and poetic phrase, footsteps twining.). They learned it was a miss-conception,But Bill was far above deception. He nobly hunted up the college To show his folks respect for knowledge. And showed them much that was of interestUntil they showed themselves much impressed. (Impressed—accent on the first syllable—showsmuch originality,of rhyme). DEPARTURE OF Wll-UIEvS I HOSE <Tc?r1|N6r II4LATE MAY REMRlN for Next performance Respect for college life they learned that study never mattered. (The poem lets down with inimitable gentleness atthe end. On the whole, we consider it one of thebest things the author, Mr. Bardalano, has everwritten).
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