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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOO GREAT A SACRIFICE, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "the maid, as by the papers doth appear"
Last Line: "but he, when thus she brought him to the scratch, / lit his cigar and threw away his match"
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco;pipes;cigars;cigarettes
First Line: "the maid, as by the papers doth appear"
Last Line: "but he, when thus she brought him to the scratch, / lit his cigar and threw away his match"
Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco;pipes;cigars;cigarettes
THE maid, as by the papers doth appear,
Whom fifty thousand dollars made so dear,
To test Lothario's passion, simply said:
"Forego the weed before we go to wed.
For smoke take flame; I'll be that flame's bright
fanner:
To have your Anna, give up your Havana."
But he, when thus she brought him to the scratch,
Lit his cigar and threw away his match.
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