CONTENTS. ENTERING COLLEGE-The Freshman-First Visit to the Theatre-In- HOPE is the guide of youth; yet sudden fear Of conjugations; and declensions run THE FRESHMA N. Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown. JOHNSON. How shall I paint the Freshman? Proud in thought, As deeming that his toils have won, at length, By studious arts, and scholarship attained. To toil till midnight, all his powers are strained Nor vice allure. Already, in his eye, The course is traversed; and he springs on high, Eager the academic wreath to seize. FIRST VISIT TO THE THEATRE. I. Honey with poison, in one flower, Is mingled oft, in narrow bound: The bee, that shuns the poison's power, So, haply, may thy care attain The Drama's sweets, nor taste its pain. The play was Alexander, in the pride Of Cooper's early acting; and he trod The swelling scene, in word and deed, a God, Young Ammon, mortal, but yet deified. |