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Where Fox, the high-souled Founder of his sect, Oft sought retirement from the world's loud noise And steeled his godly heart for fresh crusades. - And not a few with pilgrim feet have fared From this new Swarthmore in the western world To that old home and cradle of their faith.

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Excerpt from Swarthmore Idylls

Gray College, on thy green and silent hill,
Beside thy groves of beech and shadowy spruce,
O'erlooking many a mile of peaceful field,
Deep, dreamy wood and river-meadow fair, -
Thy children love thee well, mid he not least
Who oilers now this slender meed of song.

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In thee, Swartlunore, are centered noblest hopes:-
Not without spiritual light they planned
And built, those (Quakers of the olden school,
Here in the sweet and wholesome countryside,
Free from the city's tumult and its stain,-
Erecting here by Penn's primeval woods
An edifice to learning dedicate,
To science and the high humanities,
And beauteous arts that nourish mind and soul;
Their fair foundation gifting with the name
Of that old House in ancient Lancashire
Where Fox, the high-souled Founder of his sect,
Oft sought retirement from the world's loud noise
And steeled his godly heart for fresh crusades.
- And not a few with pilgrim feet have fared
From this new Swarthmore in the western world
To that old home and cradle of their faith;
Aud 011 these walls, "etched with memorial green,"
An English ivy grows, fair living link
Binding our younger Swarthmore to the old.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.