"The Indian weed witherèd quite, Green at morn, cut down at night, Shows thy decay; All flesh is hay: Thus think, then drink Tobacco. And when the smoke ascends on high, Think thou behold'st the vanity Of worldly stuff, Gone with a puff: Thus think, then drink Tobacco."
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: Tobacco's but an Indian weed, Grows green at morn, cut down at eve; It shows our decay, we are but clay. Think on this when you smoak Tobacco.
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Robert Wisdom (poet)
Robert Wisdom (died 1568) was a Church of England priest and a minor poet.
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