And drove home at once without any delay,
And never played billiards again from that day,
But turned to a rigidly moral and mental man,
And was troubled no more by the black-dressed Old Gentleman.
Moral.
Don’t think that a man who’s a total abstainer
Is therefore as good as a saint—to be plainer,
Don’t be sure that a chap who’ll not drink, smoke, or marry
May not all the same be in league with Old Harry.
You’ll get much more good from Æneids and Iliads