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Please learn how to read. I said that it was on " my mother's cigarette package dispenser/ holder AND that I had later read it in a book . I don't CCP, I don't do links; however, from memory, I'll happily quote a line or two. " Tobacco is a dirty weed, I like it ...." The rest of it was about how it stains the teeth, befouls the breath, causes one to die ... all ending with " I LIKE IT ". It was written in the late 17th century; if memory serves me right and at this hour, it may not. You want more of it ? Go Goggle. You know that I don't EVER link or CCP. I know that I read the bit of doggeral ( and that IS what this type of thing IS; not a " poem " !), in a book, close to 40 years ago. It may be in a new book ( though I don't know )that I bought, but have yet to read. If that is the case, I'll give you that source. If not, don't doubt me; you do so at your own peril.

Gosh, I don't doubt you for a moment.

It is pretty much as I expected. (Which is why I deliberately drew you out)

You quote from a private moralist 17th-Century argument against Tobacco, which was adopted by Franklin Adams into a Christian Libertarian 20th-Century argument against Murderous Prohibition.

I have no problem with it.

Frankly, I ADORE it.

The 17th-Century Source makes the 20th-Century Poem all the more trenchant, poignant, and funnier.

The Christian argument against "tobacco" is little better than Christians arguing against Fatty Foods... it's Pharisaical.

But the fact that 17th-Century Pharisaical Poetry was adopted into a 20th-Century critique against Murderous Prohibition... that is rich, and lively, and tempestously ironic.

It is full-orbed humor, of the delicious sort. A credit to Mr. Adams.

As to the rest of your reply ... Y-A-W-N ... same old same old boring, hubris filled post. You never change. :-)

No, but I do appreciate a rich literary snack, of the finest Irony.

Thanks for indulging me.