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TO A LADY SMOKING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: THE SLOPES OF FAMED VESUVIUS ARE FAIR
Last Line: SUCH, LADY, IS A PICTURE OF YOUR FACE.
Subject(s): SMOKING; TOBACCO; PIPES; CIGARS; CIGARETTES;
The slopes of famed Vesuvius are fair
With golden beauty in the golden air.
In terraced loveliness they softly rise,
Sweet blandishments that melt in sweetest skies.

But lo! upon the summit what is this,
What horrid apex of a mount of bliss,
What fuming, black, bar sinister of grace?
Such, lady, is a picture of your face.



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