I miss the comforts of my own home.
College deemed its stand in torturing me---harassing me with all its dehumanizing whines and demands.
And there's still a long long looong way to the finish line.
Yet, I've managed to get this far.
And because of that, I'll never give up.
So, bring it on baby! I'm ready!
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College, be not proud; though some have called thee | |
Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not so, | |
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow, | |
Die not, poor college, nor yet canst thou kill me. | |
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, | 5 |
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow, | |
And soonest our best men with thee doe go, | |
Rest of their bones, and souls delivery. | |
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men, | |
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, | 10 |
And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well, | |
And better then thy stroke; why swell'st thou then; | |
One short sleep past, wee wake eternally, |
And college shall be no more; college, thou shalt die.
Death Be Not Proud [revised version; death = college] by John Donne
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