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Mordecai Cooke [published in 1860 by James Blackwood, London]

THE SEVEN SISTERS OF SLEEP

To all lovers of tobacco, in all parts of the world,

Juvenile and senile, masculine and feminine;

And to all abstainers, voluntary and involuntary.

To all Opiophagi, at home and abroad,

Whether experiencing the pleasures or pains

Of the seductive drug.

To all Hashischans, east and west,

In whatever form they chose to woo

The spirit of dreams.

To all Buyeros, Malayan or Chinese,

Whether their siri-boxes are full, or empty;

To all Coqueros, white or swarthy,

From the base to the summit of the mighty Cordelleras;

To all votaries of Stramonium and Henbane,

Highlander, or Lowlander;

And to the swallowers of Anamita,

Either in Siberia or elsewhere :

These pages come greeting with the best wishes

Of their obedient servant.

[Reprinted from the reprint in the  'Book of Dope Sories' - Howard Marks    

 <  Mr.Nice  > Published by Vintage 2001]