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COMMENCEMENT POEM: 2 by EDWARD ROWLAND SILL

First Line: O HOURS OF YALE - VANISHED HOURS
Last Line: KISSED ALL NIGHT BY SUMMER SHOWERS.
Subject(s): COMMENCEMENT; YALE UNIVERSITY;
O hours of Yale -- vanished hours!
Memory, sorrowfully singing,
Makes a far-off sound, like ringing
Of a chime of silver bells,
Whose soft music sinks and swells,

Breathed upon by a breath of flowers;
Fainter, sweeter fragrance bringing
Than from odorous island-dells,
Kissed all night by summer showers.



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