How sweet was her song in the bright summer-time,

When winds whispered low 'neath the tremulous lime!

How sweet, too, that bunch of forget-me-nots blue—

The love he thought lasting, the words he thought true!

Ah, the words of a woman concerning such things

Are weak and unstable as Cigarette Rings!

J. ASHBY-STERRY.


SMOKING SPIRITUALIZED.