Lapsus Calami (Apr 1891)/To One Smoking

I. Of F. W. H. M.

1. To One that smokes.

Spare us the hint of slightest desecration,
⁠Spotless preserve us an untainted shrine;
Not for thy sake, oh goddess of creation,
⁠Not for thy sake, oh woman, but for mine.

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