The Passing of the Idle Rich. Frederick Townsend Martin. Chap. ii, p. 23.

Poem.—Tempora Mutantur.

Poetical Works. John G. Saxe. P. 98.

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A PLEA FOR THE CLASSICS[2]

A Boston gentleman declares,
By all the gods above, below, That our degenerate sons and heirs
Must let their Greek and Latin go! Forbid, O Fate, we loud implore,
A dispensation harsh as that; What! wipe away the sweets of yore;
The dear "amo, amas, amat?" The sweetest hour the student knows
Is not when poring over French, Or twisted in Teutonic throes,
Upon a hard collegiate bench; 'Tis when on roots and kais and gars
He feeds his soul and feels it glow, Or when his mind transcends the stars
With "Zoa mou, sas agapo!" So give our bright, ambitious boys
An inkling of these pleasures, too— A little smattering of the joys
Their dead and buried fathers knew; And let them sing—while glorying that
Their sires so sang, long years ago— The songs "amo, amas, amat"
And "Zoa mou, sas agapo!" —Eugene Field