A Twist Of "natural Leaf." Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEEFF BBGHFF DDIIFF JJDDBB| Some sing of the lily some sing of the rose | A |
| Some sing of each flower in beauty that blows | A |
| But sing me a song that shall render its meed | B |
| To the fragrance and aroma found in a weed | B |
| Which banishes care and mitigates grief | C |
| I mean a big twist of old natural leaf | C |
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| When sorrow's dark mantle the spirit doth wear | D |
| And the heart is oppressed with the demon of care | D |
| Then get out your pipe and its magic invoke | E |
| And all of your troubles will vanish in smoke | E |
| O you who have tried it will know what I mean | F |
| When the praises I sing of a hank of long green | F |
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| Since the days of King James and his old counterblast | B |
| Its sway of all classes has ever held fast | B |
| And its patron saint Raleigh forever will live | G |
| In remembrance as sweet as affection can give | H |
| And the incense we burn is an offering seen | F |
| In wreaths of blue smoke from a twist of long green | F |
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| Now some may advise you and others may swear | D |
| That nicotine poison your nerves will impair | D |
| And if from the weed you'd just kept aloof | I |
| From heartburn and palsy you'd surely been proof | I |
| For a man who had died at a hundred fifteen | F |
| Was hastened away by smoking long green | F |
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| But a cigar a pipe or a good juicy chew | J |
| Will yield you more comfort than harm they will do | J |
| And murder the microbes that float in the air | D |
| And make magical dreams in the old arm chair | D |
| If you will remember and never forget | B |
| To just draw the line at a vile cigarette | B |
George W. Doneghy
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