Bold, reckless, cunning, cool, or sly,
What won’t they do? what won’t they try?
They’re up to every kind of scheme,
To test their strength, and let off steam.
’Tis an epitome of life,
Without its shades of care and strife;
Each has his private joke, and cracks it,
Regardless how the other takes it.
And there’s the point—boys take rough jokes
More pleasantly than older folks,