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BLUEBEARD'S LAST WIFE: COMES LADY NICOTINE by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD

First Line: NOW COMES THE PENSIVE LADY NICOTINE
Last Line: SWEET CIGARETTE IS DEAD! PEACE TO HER ASHES!
Subject(s): SMOKING; TOBACCO; PIPES; CIGARS; CIGARETTES;
Now comes the pensive Lady Nicotine,
The second victim of that monster's spleen;
With Magic Leaf she charms dull Care away --
Turkish, Egyptian and Virginia.
Swish! through the air grim Bluebeard's sabre flashes:
Sweet Cigarette is dead! Peace to her ashes!



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