The World’s Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia in 15 Volumes. 1906.
College HumorTo My Meerschaum
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In the quivering light of a star,
In the plash of a silvery rill,
Yet to me thou art lovelier far,
My meerschaum!
There’s a love in her tresses at play,
Yet her love would be worth not a sigh,
If from thee she could call me away,
My meerschaum!
As they toss it in ecstasy down,
But the bowl I call for is thine,
With its deepening amber and brown,
My meerschaum!
I call for a flagon of beer,
And puff a defiance to care,
Till sorrows in smoke disappear,
O meerschaum!
Though I traverse the billowy sea,
Yet the waving and beautiful curl
Of thy smoke’s ever dearer to me,
My meerschaum!