Carissima

{{for|the musical work by the English composer Edward Elgar|Carissima (Elgar)}}

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| written =1872

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|filename=Carissima.ogg

|title=Carissima

|description=Performed by the Hamilton College Choir in Spring 2006.

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"Carissima" is the alma mater of Hamilton College, words and music by M. W. Stryker{{cite book|author=Hugh Weideman|title=The Rapid Fact Finder: A Desk Book of Universal Knowledge|url=https://archive.org/details/rapidfactfinder00weid|url-access=registration|year=1958|publisher=Crowell}} in 1872.

After Hamilton became a coeducational institution in 1978, the original lyrics of the song were updated to reflect the fact that not every student was male.