I'd cram you, if I had you here,

Within an inch of your lives!

But Examiners' hearts are hard,

And their wisdom is but a sham;

And little they care what we have to bear,

Or how hard we need to cram!

"Oh! but to play a game

With my happy friends below!

Oh! but to make a pun,

Or try—but 'tis all 'no go'—