To gather wealth in these rich-dowered nooks.
Not for ourselves alone we con our task;
Chautauqua owns no selfish miser churl;
Where her fair lake’s sun-lighted waters bask,
True knowledge is no guarded, hidden pearl.
We only hide the drudgery from view;
To social cheer transform the study’s gloom;
In mutual converse pierce the sunlight thro’
And cover sternest themes with Pansy bloom.
Then rally round Chautauqua’s banner bright!