Almost exactly as they used to do

In 1898,

When I became an undergraduate.

"O joys whereto I went as to a bridal,

With Youth's fair aureole clustering on a brow

That no amount of culture (herpecidal)

Will coax the semblance of a crop from now,

Once more I make ye mine;

There is a train that leaves at half-past nine.

"In a rude land where life among the boys is