TRINITY COLLEGE.
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Trinity College.
O Trinity! thy turrets gleam
In proximate suburban space
Like vast cathedral towers, and seem
Suggestive of some holy place;
Some quiet, quaint, monastic spot,
"Within whose deep reclusive shade
Benignant priors might have taught,
And strangely solemn friars prayed.
In proximate suburban space
Like vast cathedral towers, and seem
Suggestive of some holy place;
Some quiet, quaint, monastic spot,
"Within whose deep reclusive shade
Benignant priors might have taught,
And strangely solemn friars prayed.
Grand metamorphosis of rocks!
A blemish once on nature's face,
By sudden expedited shocks
Of man's designing, rent apace;
The work of master-architect
Amorphous mass who shaped anew,
That magic-like, without defect,
Into thy storied structure grew.
A blemish once on nature's face,
By sudden expedited shocks
Of man's designing, rent apace;
The work of master-architect
Amorphous mass who shaped anew,
That magic-like, without defect,
Into thy storied structure grew.
O symbol of a golden age
That typifies, in solid stone,
A progress neither seer nor sage
Of ancient time had ever known!
For in symmetric, stately walls
Is dignified an honored name
That Athens' classic haunts recalls,
And rivals Alexandria's claim.
That typifies, in solid stone,
A progress neither seer nor sage
Of ancient time had ever known!
For in symmetric, stately walls
Is dignified an honored name
That Athens' classic haunts recalls,
And rivals Alexandria's claim.
