His throbbing bosom rent with woe,

The tears came railing rapidly.

“Immortals” falter! On! ye brave!

Who rush to glory or the grave,

Wave! plebeians; All thy banners wave!

And charge that Trigonometry.

The lesson o’er—the hovering cloud

Hath burst in torrents, wild and loud,

And buried in one common shroud

The essence of stupidity.