That his glass is run but his pipe is out.
But whether we smoke or whether we sing,
Let us be loyal and remember the King,
Let him live, and let his foes vanish thus, thus, thus,
Like, like a pipe, like a pipe of Spanish, thus, thus, thus,
A pipe of Spanish!
From “Bacchus and Venus.” 1737.
Invocation to Tobacco.
Weed of the strange power, weed of the earth,