Carissima
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Carissima is the alma mater of Hamilton College, written in 1872 by M. W. Stryker. After Hamilton became a coeducational institution in 1978, the original lyrics of the song were updated to reflect the fact that not every student was male.
[edit] Current Lyrics
- Dear is thy homestead, glade and glen,
- Fair is the light that crowns thy brow;
- Gather we close to thee again,
- Mother all-loving thou hast been,
- Our own sweet Lady thou!
- Our own sweet Lady thou!
- Haunting our hearts in absent days,
- Calling us back from stress and storm,
- Tenderly all thy good old ways
- Shine in thy smiles; be love thy praise!
- Thine arms are ever warm.
- Thine arms are ever warm.
- Memory still shall close enfold,
- Bringing us joys of days of yore,
- Faith shall thy constant fame uphold;
- While years, Carissima, grow cold,
- We love thee evermore,
- We love thee evermore.
[edit] Changes from the original text
- ^ In the original version, "Mother of loyal, steadfast men,"
- ^ In the original version, "Whispering on, thy mystic joys;"
- ^ In the original version, "We still will be thy boys."
[edit] See also
- The Hamilton College fight song, We Never Will Forget Thee
