Smoking Poems

How It Once Was.
Right stout and strong the worthy burghers stood, ...

To My Cigar.
Yes, social friend, I love thee well, In learned doc...

Smoke And Chess.
We were sitting at chess as the sun went down; And he,...

Ashes.
Wrapped in a sadly tattered gown, Alone I puff my brie...

Seasonable Sweets.
"_DON'T BE FLOWERY, JACOB._"--CHARLES DICKENS. When th...

Confession Of A Cigar Smoker.
I owe to smoking, more or less, Through life the whole...

The Discovery Of Tobacco.
'Twas in the days of good Queen Bess,-- Or p'raps a ...

If I Were King.
If I were king, my pipe should be premier. The skies o...

My Pipe.
When love grows cool, thy fire still warms me; When fr...

A Pipe Of Tobacco.
Let the learned talk of books, The glutton...

To See Her Pipe Awry.
Betty bouncer kept a stall At the corner of a street...

A Brief Puff Of Smoke.
Great Doctor Parr, the learned Whig, Ne'er deemed the ...

A Song Without A Name.
AIR: "_THE VICAR OF BRAY_." 'Twas in Queen Bess's gold...

Old Pipe Of Mine.
Companion of my lonely hours, Full many a time 'twix...

"keats Took Snuff."
"Keats took snuff.... It has been established by the ...

An Ode Of Thanks For Certain Cigars.
_TO CHARLES ELIOT NORTON._ Luck, my dear Norton, still...

The Duet.
I was smoking a cigarette; Maud, my wife, and the te...

Invocation To Tobacco.
Weed of the strange flower, weed of the earth, Killer ...

A Pot, And A Pipe Of Tobacco.
Some praise taking snuff; And 'tis pleasant en...

Choosing A Wife By A Pipe Of Tobacco.
Tube, I love thee as my life; By thee I mean to choose...