A Pipe of Tobacco by Isaac Hawkins Browne

A PIPE OF TOBACCO

Little tube of mighty power,

Charmer of an idle hour,

Object of my warm desire,

Lip of wax, and eye of fire;

And thy snowy taper waist,

With my finger gently braced;

And thy pretty swelling crest,

With my little stopper pressed,

And the sweetest bliss of blisses,

Breathing from they balmy kisses.

Happy thrice and thrice again,

Happiest he of happy men.

Who when again the night returns,

When again the taper burns;

When again the cricket's gay

(Little cricket, full of play),

Can afford his tube to feed

With the fragrant Indian weed;

Pleasure for a nose divine,

Incense of the god of wine.

Happy thrice, and thrice again

Happiest he of happy men.

-Isaac Hawkins Browne (1736)