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 AT Trin. Col., Cam.,
 * Which means, in proper spelling,

Trinity College, Cambridge,
 * There resided one
 * Harry Dorrington;
 * A youth excelling

In all the learning commonly provided
 * For those who chose that classic station
 * For finishing their education:

That is, he understood computing
 * The odds at any match,
 * Or race;

Was a dead hand at pigeon-shooting;
 * Could kick up rows, knock down the watch,

Play the truant, and the rake at random, Drink, tie cravats, and drive a tandem, Remonstrance, fine, or rustication, Instead of working reformation,
 * Only made his lapses greater;

Until warned, the next offence Should have this certain consequence-
 * Expulsion from his college.
 * One need not be a necromancer,

To judge, that with so wild a wight, The next offence occurred next night, When our incurable came rolling Home as the midnight chimes were tolling,
 * And rang the college bell-
 * No answer;
 * The second peal was vain;

The third made the street echo its alarm, When, to his great delight, he heard