It was gone! and I could not another one light!
But the lesson in love’s stronger far;
Ere the embers of one flame have ceased to be bright,
Light another—just like a cigar!
From The Chameleon, published anonymously by Longmans, Rees & Co., London, 1833 Ascribed to T. Atkinson.
The Smokers.
Smoke, do you? Well, then, sir, you know
How fast and firm these habits grow;
You’ve often doubtless sworn to quit,