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Poem
January 25, 1783
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A bilingual poem (French original and English translation) praising the pipe and tobacco as a charm of solitude that purges cares, using the vanishing smoke as an emblem of life's swift transience into nothingness.
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ELOGE DE LA PIPE.
Aux charmes de ma solitude,
Charmante pipe, ardent fourneau,
Qui d'humeurs purge mon cerveau,
Et mon esprit d'inquiétude.
Tabac dont mon âme est ravie,
Quand je te vois perdre en l'air,
Aussi vite comme un éclair,
Te vois l'image de ma vie.
Tu remets dans mon souvenir
Ce qu'un jour je dois devenir,
N'est qu'une cendre allumée,
Et tout confus je m'aperçois,
Que courant après la fumée
Je passe aussi vite que toi.
ENGLISH'D.
Charm of the solitude I love.
My pleasing pipe! my glowing stove
My head of rheums is purg'd by thee,
My heart of vain anxiety:
Tobacco, ah delight of my soul!
When round thy head thy vapours roll
When lost in air they vanish too,
An emblem of my life I view!
I view, and hence instructed learn
To what myself shall shortly turn-
Myself, a kindled coal today,
That wastes in smoke, and wears away!
Swiftly, as thou, consuming thought!
Alas, I vanish into nought.
Aux charmes de ma solitude,
Charmante pipe, ardent fourneau,
Qui d'humeurs purge mon cerveau,
Et mon esprit d'inquiétude.
Tabac dont mon âme est ravie,
Quand je te vois perdre en l'air,
Aussi vite comme un éclair,
Te vois l'image de ma vie.
Tu remets dans mon souvenir
Ce qu'un jour je dois devenir,
N'est qu'une cendre allumée,
Et tout confus je m'aperçois,
Que courant après la fumée
Je passe aussi vite que toi.
ENGLISH'D.
Charm of the solitude I love.
My pleasing pipe! my glowing stove
My head of rheums is purg'd by thee,
My heart of vain anxiety:
Tobacco, ah delight of my soul!
When round thy head thy vapours roll
When lost in air they vanish too,
An emblem of my life I view!
I view, and hence instructed learn
To what myself shall shortly turn-
Myself, a kindled coal today,
That wastes in smoke, and wears away!
Swiftly, as thou, consuming thought!
Alas, I vanish into nought.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Pipe
Tobacco
Solitude
Smoke
Life Emblem
Transience
Vanish
Cendre
Poem Details
Title
Eloge De La Pipe.
Subject
Praise Of The Pipe And Tobacco As Emblem Of Life
Form / Style
Rhymed Verses
Key Lines
Charmante Pipe, Ardent Fourneau, / Qui D'humeurs Purge Mon Cerveau, / Et Mon Esprit D'inquiétude.
When Lost In Air They Vanish Too, / An Emblem Of My Life I View!
Myself, A Kindled Coal Today, / That Wastes In Smoke, And Wears Away!
Alas, I Vanish Into Nought.