"Estote Fortes" (the School Song)
The School Song is built around the motto (itself derived from 1 Corinthians, chapter 16, verse 13): Viriliter Agite, Estote Fortes – “Quit ye like men, be strong.”
Estote Fortes
- When the task is dull and the days are long,
- And the world is full of tears,
- We shall hear from afar the tune of a song
- Come rolling down the years.
- Viriliter Agite Estote Fortes
- Quit ye like men. Be Strong!
- We shall hear the tramp of a thousand feet,
- As the road goes sliding by,
- And we'll feel again the throb of the beat
- That keeps our Courage high.
- Viriliter Agite Estote Fortes
- Quit ye like men. Be Strong!
- As we go forth to fight and to right what is wrong
- And the work of the world to do,
- The clarion call of the Old School Song,
- Shall carry us bravely through
- Viriliter Agite Estote Fortes,
- Quit ye like men. Be Strong!
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