FOOTNOTES:
[8:1] First published in 1834. The third stanza was published in the Morning Post, Jan. 2, 1798, entitled 'To the Lord Mayor's Nose'. William Gill (see ll. [15], [20]) was Lord Mayor in 1788.
LINENOTES:
[Title]] Rhapsody MS. O: The Nose.—An Odaic Rhapsody MS. O (c).
[[5]]
As erst from Heaven Prometheus stole the fire MS. O (c).
[[7]]
hands] hand MS. O (c).
[[10]]
waves of fire] fiery waves MS. O (c).