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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMFORT, by CHARLES EDMUND MERRILL JR.
First Line: With pipe and book, an old armchair
Last Line: With pipe and book.
Subject(s): Books; Smoking; Reading; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes
First Line: With pipe and book, an old armchair
Last Line: With pipe and book.
Subject(s): Books; Smoking; Reading; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes
WITH pipe and book, an old armchair,
A glowing hearth, what need I care
For empty honors, wealth or fame?
Grant me but this: an honest name,
A cup of ale, a coat to wear,
And then, while smoke wreaths rift the air,
The banquet of the gods I share,
Content to sit before the flame
With pipe and book.
Above the city's noisy glare,
Yet sweet, tho' humble, is my fare;
For changing not from praise to blame,
These faithful friends are still the same --
No earthly comforts can compare
With pipe and book.
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