Excerpt from Consolatio: Ode in Memory of Those Members of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Three of Standford University Who Died During the Month of Their Graduation UT ah, she waits; and why Is sober youth's reply Delayed, while doubts op press His natural eagerness? Why does the pageant, at the gate Where myriad hopes and longings wait, Pause, as though stricken by some shatter ing fate? While some, in mute distress, Look to and fro, as for a comrade's face, When none is marching in his vacant place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.