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It was a phantom of delight / When first it gleamed upon my sight, / A scholarly distinction, sent / To be a student's ornament. / The hood was rich beyond compare, / The gown was a unique affair. / By this, by that my mind was drawn / Then, in my academic dawn; / A dancing shape, an image gay / Before me then was my M.A.
I saw it upon nearer view, / A glory, yet a bother too! / For I perceived that I should be / Involved in much Philosophy / (A branch in which I could but meet / Works that were neither light nor sweet); / In Mathematics, not too good / For human nature's daily food; / And Classics, rendered in the styles / Of Kelly, Bohn, and Dr. Giles.