Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A GOOD CIGAR, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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A GOOD CIGAR, by                    
First Line: A good cigar, long, brown, and fat
Last Line: A good cigar?
Subject(s): Smoking; Talk; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes


A good cigar, long, brown, and fat,
Is nothing to be marveled at;
And yet within its russet shell
What wonder-working secrets dwell,
What close-coiled, soothing fancies that,
Freed in the smoke, life's ills combat
Successfully, till cares that sat
Astride the mind are lost in—well,
A good cigar.

How soon it prompts a social chat
When cronies barter tit for tat
Or tales of strange adventure tell!
What single blessing can excel
Grim trouble's blissful burning-ghat—
A good cigar?





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