Unhappily the youth were not impressed
Deeply as Doc. had hoped, by his protest
So frantic.
They voted him an aged idiotic,
And James' tirade against the blest narcotic
Pedantic.
So, like the school-boys of the present day,
In secrecy they smoked the furtive clay,
Without regard.
Similar courses are sometimes pursued
In colleges, where smoking is tabooed
Within the yard.
Some little time these adolescent souls
Enjoyed the sweets of their forbidden bowls
Without detection;
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Appleton Chapel.