My shelter from the world, this place, this time,

Or haven for the heart and soul and mind.

Each face that graced my days in summer’s heat and winter’s cold

Is with me even now, each memory bright and bold.

 

Born on sacred ground unto this privileged life,

You are with me in the morning; you are with me in the night.

I hear your voice when all is hushed and frantic work is still.

You rouse within me peaceful joy of such rebounding thrill.

 

Thank you for these blessings, for all you’ve helped me be.

For the truth and for the beauty I have come to see.

I sing your praise and offer here these simple words of hope.

A Buckeye Benediction, with love I now bestow:

 

May you also know this feeling through the time and change to come.

May you find your peaceful shelter on the Oval in the sun.

May this love and truth and beauty be your compass and your fate.

May these gifts and more await you at our dear Ohio State!