Too ready prey to those who boast

Their bonded stores of Reina Fina.

In honeydew had steeped my soul

Had been of cherry pipes a cracker,

And watched the creamy meerschaum's bowl

Grow weekly, daily, hourly blacker.

Read CALVERLEY and learnt by heart

The lines he celebrates the weed in;

And blew my smoke in rings, an art

That many try, but few succeed in.