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 (From the United States College "Chronicle," March 27, 1889.)

"My very noble and approved good masters." Placetne, Domini?&mdash;in far Lahore
 * I wait your verdict, 'mid the palms and roses,

Much as I did those judgments writ of yore
 * Upon my "proses."

Blue-pencil X's when constructions queer
 * Ran riot down the inky, thumb-marked page;

And wondrous words that moved too oft, I fear,
 * Your righteous rage.

Red-pencil marks when half a dozen rules,
 * Smashed at one stroke, broke down your patience, too,

And left me, in the silence of the Schools,
 * With "lines to do."

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