...smoking, but drinking tobacco, as in the following: "The Indian weed, withered quite, Green at noon, out down at night, Shows thy decay, — all flesh is hay: Thus think, then drink tobacco." It is the manner of inhaling the fumes from a wisp of burning tobacco held in...

...court of law. eeeeoeee SMOKING SPIRITUALISED. Supposed to have been written abcmt tfie year 168!). THIS Indian weed, now withered quite, Though green at noon,...hay : Thus think, and smoke tobacco. The pipe, so lily white and weak, Does thus thy mortal state bespeak. Thou art e'en such — Gone with a touch :...

...peculiar diction it seems to bear strong evidence : — " The Indian weed now withered quite, Tho' grown at noon, cut down at night, Shows thy decay.; All...is hay. Thus think, and smoke tobacco ! The pipe so lily- white and weak, Does thus thy mortal state bespeak ; Thou art even such, Gone with a touch, Thus...

...being an Old Meditation upon Smoking Tobacco." It begins — This Indian weed now withered quite, Tho green at noon, cut down at night, Shows thy decay ; All flesh in hay. Thus thank, and smoke tobacco.] 1 was much pleased with the gleams of sense and feeling which...

...that,' said Mrs. Spence ; ' and I mind baith o' the poems yet : they are — THE OLD MEDITATION. " This Indian weed, now withered quite, Though green at noon,...weak, Does thus thy mortal state bespeak, Thou art ev'n such, Gone with a touch : Thus think, and smoke tobacco. And when the smoke ascends on high, Then...

...Was but the height of prudent art To deal with greater liberty her heart. Aphra Behn, 163o-'8 THIS Indian weed, now withered quite Though green at noon,...lily-like and weak, Does thus thy mortal state bespeak 5 Thou art e'en such, — Gone with a touch : Thus think, and smoke tobacco. And when the smoke ascends...

...tobacco.* Th« most usually accepted version runs as follows I—- THE Indian weed withered quite, Green at noon, cut down at night, Shows thy decay, — All flesh is hay : Thus think, then drink tobacco. The pipe that is so lily-white, Shows thee to be a mortal wight, And even such,...

...Jenner : — THIS Indian weed — now wither'd quite, Though green at noon— cut down at night, Shews thy decay, All flesh is hay — Thus think and smoke tobacco. The pipe so lily white and weak Doth thus thy mortal state bespeak, Thou art e'en such Gone with a touch ! —...

...stanza of a moralizing tobacco-drinking poet, of the time of James I.: " The Indian weed withered quite, Green at noon, cut down at night, Shows thy decay — all flesh is hay. Thus think, then drink tobacco." These quotations help to an understanding of the use of tubes for smoking, and...

...better : PART I. This Indian weed now wither'd quite, Though green at noon, cut down at night Shows by decay ! All flesh is hay. Thus think and smoke tobacco. The pipe, so lily like and weak, Does thus thy mortal state bespeak. Thou art ev'n such, Gone with a touch. Thus...