POETRY OF SMOKE. 37 



Though all the bitter winds should blow, 

 And all the ways be choked with snow, 

 'TwouJd be a true Arabian night I 



T. B. ALDRICH. 



SUBLIME TOBACCO. 



SUBLIME tobacco ! which, from east to west, 

 Cheers the tar s labor or 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 on the 



Strand ; 



Divine in hookas, glorious in a pipe, 

 When tipp'd with amber, mellow, rich, and 



ripe; 



Like other charmers, wooing the caress 

 More daz/Jingly when daring in full dress/ 

 Yet thy true lovers more admire, by fai\ 

 Thy naked beauties give me a cigar ! 



LORD BYRON, 

 The Island^ Canto //, Stanza /V 



