300 LORD BYRON'S OPINION. 



" I worship no vain gods, 



But serve the household Lar ; 

 I'm sure to be at home, 

 So I have my cigar. 



'* I do not seek for fame, 



A General with a scar; 

 A private let me be, 

 So I have my cigar. 



" To have my choice among 

 The toys of life's bazar, 

 The deuce may take them all, 

 So I have my cigar. 



"Some minds are often tost 

 By tempests like a tar; 

 I 'always seem in port, 

 So I have my cigar. 



" The ardent flame of love 



My bosom cannot char, ' 

 I smoke but do not burn, 

 So I have my cigar. 



" They tell me Nancy Low- 

 Has married Mr. R. ; 

 The jilt ! but I can live, 

 So I have my cigar." 



Lord Byron, a "good smoker" as well as a great poet, has 

 immortalized his love of the cigar in the following graceful 

 lines : 



" Sublime Tobacco ! which from east to west, 

 Cheers the tars labors, and the Turkman'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 hookhas, glorious in a pipe, 

 When tipped with amber, mellow, rich, and ripe, 

 Like other charms, wooing the caress 

 More dazzingly when dawning in full dress. 

 Yet thy true lovers more admire by far 

 Thy naked beauties Give me a Cigar !" 



