310 THE EXILE’S COMFORT. 
plant” honors the “useless weed” as a promoter of happi- 
ness and an increaser of gains. While: 
“ Kings smoke when they ruminate 
Over grave affairs of state.’ 
The exile too, far from home and kindred smokes on as 
he muses of happier hours gone never to return. And thus 
amid all the varied ranks and walks of life this solace of the 
mind and comfort of life exhales its fragrance and breathes 
its benedictions over all. 
