On! on! and meet them cheerily.”
And then was shout, and noise, and din,
As rallying forwards poured in,
Hundreds and hundreds to begin
The work of fame so gloriously.
Then rush’d undaunted, to the fight,
The tall—the low—the strong—the light;
And, oh! it was a glorious sight,
That strife of Town and Gown to see.
As fist to fist, rais’d high in air,