WHEN James the First was merry England's King,
He reckoned it a very hurtful thing
To use the weed;
And in his Counterblast, so full of learning,
That smoke belonged to regions famed for burning
It was agreed.
Throughout the land the monarch's dictum ran,
And many an anti-smoking Englishman
It did create;
No need to say it was against the rules
Of all respectable, well-ordered schools
To fumigate.
But relished ever are clandestine fruits,
And prohibition very little boots,
Whate'er the fault.
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Appleton Chapel.