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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMFORTING REFLECTIONS OF LEARNING DEEP, by S. M. WILLIAMS
First Line: I cannot boast of learning deep
Last Line: Some fifteen hundred men in college.
Subject(s): Education
First Line: I cannot boast of learning deep
Last Line: Some fifteen hundred men in college.
Subject(s): Education
I CANNOT boast of learning deep,
Nor can I much to art aspire;
My poetry loses me no sleep,
Nor oratory's burning fire.
I do not row upon the crew,
Nor on th' eleven glory win;
I am not of the chosen few
Who sing or play the mandolin.
I am not any social star,
But then -- within my certain knowledge,
Like me, unknown to fame, there are
Some fifteen hundred men in college.
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