EPIGRAMS. 



Tobacco some say, is a potent narcotic, 



That rules half the world in a way quite despotic ; 



So to punish him well for his wicked and merry tricks, 



We'll burn him forthwith, as they used to do heretics. 



Zed. 



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SMOKER READING EPIGRAMS. 



No use to draw upon a bank if no effects are there, 

 But a draw of this Tobacco is quite a safe affair ; 

 And a pipe with fragrant weed (such as I hold) neatly stuffed, 

 Is just the only thing on earth that ought to be well puffed. 



R. S. Y. P. 



Poor woman " pipes her eye," 

 When in affliction's gripe ; 

 But man, far wiser grown, 

 Just eyes his pipe. 



In Nubilus. 



Sir Walter Raleigh ! name of worth, 

 How sweet for thee to know 

 King James, who never smoked on earth, 

 Is smoking down below. 



Ex Fumo dare Lutem. 



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Travelers say Tobacco springs 

 From the graves of Indian kings : 

 Pill your pipe, then smoke will be 

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