Wine, Water and Song

<h2><SPAN class="pagenum" name="Page_24" title="24"> </SPAN>The Song of Quoodle</h2> <div class="poetry width16"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="line"><span class="upper-case">They</span> haven't got no noses,<br/></div> <div class="line">The fallen sons of Eve;<br/></div> <div class="line">Even the smell of roses<br/></div> <div class="line">Is not what they supposes;<br/></div> <div class="line">But more than mind discloses<br/></div> <div class="line">And more than men believe.<br/></div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="line">They haven't got no noses,<br/></div> <div class="line">They cannot even tell<br/></div> <SPAN class="pagenum" name="Page_25" title="25"> </SPAN><div class="line">When door and darkness closes<br/></div> <div class="line">The park a Jew encloses,<br/></div> <div class="line">Where even the Law of Moses<br/></div> <div class="line">Will let you steal a smell.<br/></div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="line">The brilliant smell of water,<br/></div> <div class="line">The brave smell of a stone,<br/></div> <div class="line">The smell of dew and thunder,<br/></div> <div class="line">The old bones buried under,<br/></div> <div class="line">Are things in which they blunder<br/></div> <div class="line">And err, if left alone.<br/></div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="line">The wind from winter forests,<br/></div> <div class="line">The scent of scentless flowers,<br/></div> <div class="line">The breath of brides' adorning,<br/></div> <div class="line">The smell of snare and warning,<br/></div> <SPAN class="pagenum" name="Page_26" title="26"> </SPAN><div class="line">The smell of Sunday morning,<br/></div> <div class="line">God gave to us for ours.<br/></div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="line">. . . . .<br/></div> </div><div class="stanza"> <div class="line">And Quoodle here discloses<br/></div> <div class="line">All things that Quoodle can,<br/></div> <div class="line">They haven't got no noses,<br/></div> <div class="line">They haven't got no noses,<br/></div> <div class="line">And goodness only knowses<br/></div> <div class="line">The Noselessness of Man.<br/></div> </div></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />