Richard Hovey - College Days lyrics

THESE college days of jollity and mirth How pleasurable are they and how serene, Just tinged with sorrow enough to welcome in With heartier joy all wa**ail that gives birth To bliss that lifts the spirit from the earth! Shall not this book and the signatures herein Of men whose friendship I am glad to win, Years hence recall this time that knows no dearth Of ready jests and sunshine of sweet lays And vintages of Xeres and the Rhine? Ah! the remembrance of these happy days, The music and the laughter and the wit, The cups that smile with glimmering of sweet wine Age shall grow mellow with the thought of it.