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* * -LSB- The lines here quoted belong to or were altered from a set of verses at one time very popular in England , beginning , _ Tobacco that is withered quite . _ In Scotland , the celebrated Ralph Erskine , author of the _ Gospel Sonnets , _ published what he called '' _ Smoking Spiritualized , _ in two parts . The first part being an Old Meditation upon Smoking Tobacco . '' It begins -- * This Indian weed now withered quite , Tho ' green at noon , cut down at night , Shows thy decay ; All flesh is hay . Thus thank , and smoke tobacco . -RSB- I was much pleased with the gleams of sense and feeling which escaped from the Justice through the vapours of sloth and self-indulgence , assured him of my respect to his admonitions , and took a friendly farewell of the honest magistrate and his hospitable mansion . We found a repast prepared for us in the ante-room , which we partook of slightly , and rejoined the same servant of Sir Hildebrand who had taken our horses at our entrance , and who had been directed , as he informed Miss Vernon , by Mr. Rashleigh , to wait and attend upon us home .