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Word: recreant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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Here often the Fifties and Sixties will praise To new fledged classes "the good old days;" And Eighties and Nineties will meet to inspire The recreant present with old time fire. Here friends-old friends-will make their tryst And grasp once more dear comrade's fist. They'll laugh once more at the ancient jest; Retell the stories that stand Time's test. They'll dust off the score of forgotten games, Evoke old crews of the Charles and the Thames, Repeople the Delta, and Jarvis and Holmes With heroes of battles quite equal to Rome's. Revive...

Author: By Charles WARREN (harvard .), | Title: LINES READ AT THE OPENING OF THE HARVARD UNION, OCTOBER 15, 1901. | 10/16/1901 | See Source »

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