The fragrant weed : dedicated to its lovers / by Chispa.

  • Cervantes, Ignacio R.
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The fragrant weed : dedicated to its lovers / by Chispa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 32 for them; he has but to stock his cabinet with those he most affects,' and then sing with the poet thus— Life is but a summer day, So let us puff all cares away,” or, while allowing to others the pleasure of indulging in pipe or cigarette, apostrophise the native leaf from which he derives comfort and solace, as— “ Sublime tobacco, which from East to West, Cheers the tar’s labours or the Turckman’s rest— Which on the Moslem’s ottoman divides His hours, and rivals opium and his brides ! Magnificent in Stamboul, but less grand, Though not less loved, in Wapping or the Strand; Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe When tipped, with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe ; Like other charmers, wooing the caress, More dazzlingly when daring in full dress ; Yet we, true lovers, more admire by far Thy naked beauties—Give me a cigar!” FINIS. LONDON: PRINTED BY H. W. FOSTER, 14, FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET.