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Awake, of Muse, the echoes of a day / Long past, the ghosts of mem'ries manifold-- / Youth's memories that once were green and gold / But now, alas, are grim and ashen grey.
The drowsy schoolboy wakened up from sleep, / First stays his system with substantial food, / Then off for school with tasks half understood, / Alas, alas, that cribs should be so cheap!