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"Try not the shag!" the old man said,

It is o'er strong for thy young head,

Dire its effects to those untried

Heedless he was, and but replied,

"Tobacco smoke!"

"Oh, stay," the maiden said, "and test

Our Latakia—'tis the best!"

He grasped his packet of birds'-eye,

And only muttered with a sigh,