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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN PRAISE OF TOBACCO, by SAMUEL ROWLANDS Poet's Biography
First Line: To feed on flesh is gluttony
Last Line: With one light dish of smoak.
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes
First Line: To feed on flesh is gluttony
Last Line: With one light dish of smoak.
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes
To feed on flesh is gluttony,
It maketh men fat like swine;
But is not he a frugal man
That on a leaf can dine?
He needs no linnen for to foul
His fingers' ends to wipe,
That has his kitchen in a box,
And roast meat in a pipe.
The cause wherefore few rich men's sons
Prove disputants in schools,
Is that their fathers fed on flesh.
And they begat fat fools.
This fulsome feeding cloggs the brain
And doth the stomach choak,
But he's a brave spark that can dine
With one light dish of smoak.
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