MAGNI NOMINIS UMBRA

By Robert Fuller Murray

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!