Young Damon was a model son,
With wit and art aglow,
Till he partook in curious fun
Of  C2H6O.

His active senses, quickly pleas'd,
As speedily were cloy'd;
And soon, that they might more be eas'd,
He try'd an alkaloid.

C10H14 and N2
The stripling first inhal'd,
But outrag'd Nature takes her due,
And worse desires prevail'd.

C17H19N
O3 + H2O
The hapless youth took now and then,
And knew De Quincey's woe.

But still his tortur'd brain-cells whirl'd
With cosmic retribution,
So one dark night he quit this world
With KCN solution!