Excerpt from The Story of the Manchester High School for Girls: 1871 1911
Hail, Academia, thou that we honour,
Thou that we serve through the days and the years;
Changeless, though changed,
O'er each heart hast thou ranged,
Always the fairest,
Ever the rarest,
Always beloved in smiles or in tears.
Dark and austere in the grey winter morning,
Radiant and glad in the sunshine of May;
Now she alarms us,
But ever she charms us,
Dearest of places,
Bright with young faces,
All our heart's fervour is with her for aye.
Dear Academia, dearly we love thee,
Most when the hour comes to bid thee farewell;
Life must bring sorrow,
But joy will we borrow,
Girlhoods young gladness
Lighten our sadness,
School days remembered will charm by their spell.
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