Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SMOKE IS THE FOOD OF LOVERS, by JACOB CATS First Line: When cupid open'd shop, the trade he chose Last Line: Is unsubstantial as the smoke and air. Subject(s): Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes | ||||||||
When Cupid open'd shop, the trade he chose Was just the very one you might suppose. Love keep a shop?his trade, oh! quickly name! A dealer in tobaccofie, for shame! No less than true, and set aside all joke, From oldest time he ever dealt in smoke; Than smoke, no other thing he sold, or made; Smoke all the substance of his stock in trade; His capital all smoke, smoke all his store, 'Twas nothing else; but lovers ask no more And thousands enter daily at his door! Hence it was ever, and it e'er will be The trade most suited to his faculty: Fed by the vapours of their heart's desire, No other food his votaries require; For that they seekthe favour of the fair Is unsubstantial as the smoke and air. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE LAST DRAW OF THE PIPE by PAUL MULDOON CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR OLD MEN ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN, MURRAY, KENTUCKY by JAMES GALVIN DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 2. LOS CIGARILLOS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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