TOBACCO LEAVES 



THE UNIVERSAL FLOWEB 



PLANT of the world! Cosmopolite, 

 Whose fragrance gives us pure delight 



And peace of mind! 



When friends desert, and fortune frowns 

 On peasant head or kingly crowns, 



It joy can find. 



The universal flow'r, whose leaves expand, 

 Whose branches spread o'er every land 



And every creed. 



In thee do all believe, and bless the Giver, 

 And on the banks of life's dark river 



We sow thy seed. 



Deist, Christian, Turk, or Jew, 

 Brahmin, Fakir, and Dervish, too, 



All thee adore. 



The soldier, sailor, king, or prince, 

 Thou hast no trouble to convince 



Of thy great pow'r. 

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