Hark! the herald Gerald sings,
“Glory which retirement brings!
Peace on earth is what I seek,
So I’m leaving just next week.
Joyful, I no more must slog
Through the online catalog…
Adios to PZ 4:
I’ll find access points no more.”
Hark! the herald Gerald sings,
“Glory which retirement brings!”
“Mild I lay the sixth floor by,
I must leave before I die.
Tell LC I won’t decide
When and where to subdivide.
Light and life is all inside me;
But farewell, my brain has fried me…
And this much is crystal clear —
I won’t be back to volunteer.”
Hark! the herald Gerald sings,
“Glory which retirement brings!”
“Hail! I finally get some peace
From the honor code police!
Let my hair down, I’ll go wild:
La-dee-dah and mercy mild.
Born for music and for mirth,
Now I get a second birth…
With th’angelic host proclaim:
I’m outta here, I’ve played that game!”
Hark! the herald Gerald sings,
“Glory which retirement brings!”
Charles Wesley, Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Hacken