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Magni Nominis Umbra

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St. Andrews! not for ever thine shall be          Merely the shadow of a mighty name,          The remnant only of an ancient fame     Which time has crumbled, as thy rocks the sea.     For thou, to whom was given the earliest key          Of knowledge in this land (and all men came          To learn of thee), shalt once more rise and claim     The glory that of right belongs to thee.     Grey in thine age, there yet in thee abides          The force of youth, to make thyself anew                 A name of honour and a place of power.     Arise, then! shake the dust from off thy sides;          Thou shalt have many where thou now hast few;                 Again thou shalt be great.    Quick come the hour!

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