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re: The Deserted Village
Posted on 8/30/15 at 8:32 pm to TheSandman
Posted on 8/30/15 at 8:32 pm to TheSandman
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Actually not true (but I wish it was).
We had a coach way back when that copied "Tigers" from Princeton
I don't believe that's true. We copied our colors from UVA because that's where Petrie learned football, but I haven't heard the Princeton connection. I'd be interested to see where that came from.
Posted on 8/30/15 at 9:16 pm to tom1987
Like I said, I don't remember which coach it was, or even when/where I heard it, but the evidence presented was that the poem lists off a number of animals, not just the tiger.
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Those matted woods where birds forget to sing,
But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;
Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned,
Where the dark scorpion gathers death around;
Where at each step the stranger fears to wake
The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake;
Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,
And savage men, more murderous still than they;
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