Was this small plant for thee cut down? So was the plant of great renown, Which Mercy sends For nobler ends. Thus think, and smoke tobacco. Doth juice medicinal proceed From such a naughty foreign weed? Then what's the power Of Jesso's flower? Thus think, and smoke tobacco. The promise, like the pipe, inlays, And by the mouth of faith conveys What virtue flows From Sharon's rose: Thus think, and smoke tobacco. In vain the unlighted pipe you blow-- Your pains in outward means are so, Till heavenly fire Your heart inspire: Thus think, and smoke tobacco. The smoke like burning incense towers; So should a praying heart of yours With ardent cries Surmount the skies: Thus think, and smoke tobacco. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LETTER TO A POLICEMAN IN KANSAS CITY by KENNETH PATCHEN DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAILORS' [OR MARINERS'] SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES INVOCATION TO SLEEP by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH INVITED GUESTS by FRANCES EKIN ALLISON TWO OF A KIND by WALTER TALLMADGE ARNDT OSTRA by ELLEN FRANCES BALDWIN |