Impromptu, On A Long-Nosed Friend
1737.1.29-1809.6.8
Going along the other day,
Upon a certain plan;
I met a nose upon the way,
Behind it was a man.
I called unto the nose to stop,
And when it had done so -
The man behind it - he came up;
They made Zenobio.
Paris, 1800.
DayPoems Poem No. 2594
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2594.html">Impromptu, On A Long-Nosed Friend by Thomas Paine</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
Poets Poems