Tobacco smoke!
“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,