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Here's to Lady Nicotine!
Saint and Sorceress and Queen!
Saint, whose purple halo rings / Lift our eyes from earthly things; / Witch, whose wand of scented briar / Transmutes dead weeds to fragrant fire; / Queen, whose rod her slaves adore!
What can freedom offer more?