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RhinOIOgy-A PhiOcOpic Poem.

% b Motto :: al Nose what knows"
Hail, mighty nose though much insolted part
Thy praise, like thyself, shall soon be blown"
And with the rise Of Science and OF Art
Thou shalt ritei till all the world sballown
That thou vert formed for noLier ends than these,
No carry spectacies, take snuT and sneeze
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HaI, mighty nose thou palace Ofthe soul urL
Thou neverfailfng index to the heart
fbou bishop Of our iffe-made TO control,
iWth'prOpgr supervision. every part 20 i-1A'
Asdst the bard, whose mpretending lays g5.9 -..
Would gladly prove thy worth and sing thy praise.
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Thy Rhinologic ssienoe-that,s the nape-7gr.
Has had its yotaries in every age,
Although, as yet, It's quite unknown 70 fame,
= 7lnd-ne 'er adorned the philosophic page !;
Imean to say the maxims of mankind f.-!
Assist the human nose and mind,
Which prove the mind dependent on the nose,
iFJast as the nose is pendent on the face;
Ara this dependency clearly shows
The nasal organ Is the real place q
where thoughts arc born and where they always stay
Uhtn they bribe'the lips and get away!
Bat to the maxims-lf mans agrieved, ...-
'hHis nose is out Of joint" we all exclaim
Ana il by any one Sights received,
Hs cries, \ They've bridsed my nose what shane!'
And when a cunnig dcmagogqe proposes i..
To learn the peoples mind, he counts their noses.
We say Of one little OficiOus,' +. . .., 4..a
Frying and peering with unBlushins face,
4Hspais his nose in other peoples dishes-- ''
He'd better keep ID in It's .prpperpiaee n q &.
And when person very scornfll grows, t..0
YoaHl hear It said that he turns up his nose !"
Our doctrine proved, we now proceed to show
How TO determine characters at once,
ThptaVery man With certainty may know .lf
Whether stranger be a sage or Ounce, l3 VI
Witty or dull, courtier or a iOut,
Iustbyrnspettion Of the PERSONS snOut ! ! '.-
ThsRaaan nose betokens manly sense,
M humble 6Ssab bespeaks the modest man, 90,
Ba then, twill never rise to emineRce,1s f.se.
The least aspiring of the nasal clan, .r
wat moderate love Of fame or pelf-.
QM gOt, they say, suubbish nose myself)
Tie Aqazine proclaims the keenest wit,
eB0tMnot guile as any hAwkAOr hawkerl'
he TSTn1Ji nose-+as hurieut Homce writ 9
befefyhneEt v hNQincE lAuu a AiOShSA
Some crooked end it certainly proposes
-Dont hang your hat nor hope on tnrn.up noses!
he Bette nose is comnionly feature
lOhe d6esiht from patsfnd blood inherit
lAaheAee discloses DOT 80 much the nature
,0fnind and soul. as Of scme other spirit !"
hmeaning, therefore, Is Of small avail,
nihddrOaihy time the sign must fail.
The Gimist nose betrays an intermeddler;
Wiener you see a giillet nose before ye,
AHwes that some new opinion peddler, $1,000
OrSpecial agent, now intends to bore you;
he very chap who, when he pricks your joint,
MhhideOuS smile, cries, don't tyOu see the point p
Observe thSpoint l-ye Gods !Aof course you do
IOu sc it all transparently eaOugh, i1o % 2 lf
AZ worse than that, he'll make you feel It 700. So
4yo9 are made Of penetrable stuff {, .. .,.-
lodd better hr encounter, on my word,
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