238 "COME TO MY NOSE." 



Powder celestial ! quintessence divine ! 



New joys entrance my soul while thou art mine. 



Who takes who takes thee not ! where'er I range, 



I smell thy sweets from Pall Mall to the 'Change. 



By thee assisted, ladies kill the day, 



And breathe their scandal freely o'er their tea ; 



Nor less they prize thy virtues when in bed, 



One pinch of thee revives the vapor'd head, 



Removes the spleen, removes the qualmish fit, 



And gives a brisker turn to female wit, 



Warms in the nose, refreshes like the breeze, 



Glows in the herd and tickles in the sneeze. 



Without it, Tinsel, what would be thy lot ! 



What, but to strut neglected and forgot ! 



What boots it for thee to have dipt thy hand 



In odors wafted from Arabian land ? 



Ah ! what avails thy scented solitaire, 



Thy careless swing and pertly tripping air, 



The crimson wash that glows upon thy face, 



Thy modish hat, and coat that flames with lace ! 



In vain thy dress, in vain thy trimmings shine, 



If the Parisian snuff-box be not thine. 



Come to my nose, then, Snuff, nor come alone, 



Bring taste with thee, for taste is all thy own." 



There seems to be as great a variety of design in snuff- 

 boxes as among pipes and tobacco-stoppers. The Indians of 

 both North and South America have their mills for grinding 

 or pulverizing the leaves. In the East a great variety of 

 snuff-boxes may be seen ; they are made of wood and ivory, 

 while many of them have a spoon attached to the box, which 

 they use in taking the dust from the box to the back of the 

 hand, whence it is taken by the forefinger and conveyed to 

 the nose. In Europe we find greater variety of design in 

 snuff-boxes than in the East. In Europe they are made of 

 the most costly materials, and studded with the rarest gems. 



In the East they are made of ivory, wood, bamboo, and 

 other materials. Of late years boxes made of wood from 

 Abbotsford or some other noted place have been used for 

 the manufacture of snuff-boxes. Formerly when snuff-taking 

 was in more general use by kings and courtiers than now 

 a magnificent snuff-box was considered by royalty as one of 



