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Oxford (Thou gav'st us learning...) - ZaunköniG - 21.04.2012 Oxford Thou gav'st us learning, lit with many an hour Of mirth and wine, when tongues were brisk and gay, Till on us stole the ancient proctor, Day. Thou gav'st us joy in many a quiet bower Where Cherwell slumbers 'neath the may aflower, Thou gav'st us beauty, when the night was fey With wonder, and the wizard moonlight lay Soft on the ivy of the ensorcelled tower. And now from sea to sea and pole to pole We work Her hest for whom thou hast in fee The lives of all thy children: and in all We do of worth there shines some gleam of thee, Throughout their blackest night our eyes recall The morning grace that lit thy lovely soul. |