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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PANACEA, by ROBERT O. RYDER
First Line: If your health is not quite right
Last Line: Light your pipe.
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes
First Line: If your health is not quite right
Last Line: Light your pipe.
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes
IF your health is not quite right,
If you have no appetite,
If you cannot sleep at night,
Light your pipe.
If conditions round you press,
If your stock of cuts grows less,
Spoiling all your happiness,
Light your pipe.
If your debts upon you weigh,
If your bills you cannot pay,
As they come in day by day,
Light your pipe.
There's no trouble in this land,
Lack of wealth, or loss of stand,
Loss of health, or lady's hand,
Which can this sure cure withstand!
Light your pipe.
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