Rhyme and riddle and acrostic,
All the sorrows and the blessings,
All misfortunes and successes,
All the city’s daily doings.
And the moons were waxing, waning,
As the cycle brought its changes.
[4]George W. Dunlap, Jr., purchased this Institute in 1874, and established a graded school for young ladies.
CANTO X.
1861-1865.
CIVIL WAR.
Eighteen hundred one and sixty,
Rolls its direful weight upon us;