And quite content to have me go;
But still I had my share of fun,
In spite of all the scolding done.
In tricks and pranks I took delight,
And misbehaved with all my might;
In tact and lessons I excelled,
Or I should long since been expelled.
The merits that I got to-day
To-morrow’s marks would wipe away.
But, at the end of every term,