"By the cosie fire-side, or the sun-ends o' gavels, The snuffie auld bodie is sure to be seen. Tap, tappin' his snuff-box, he snifters and sneevils, And smachers the snuff frae his mou' to his een. 'Since tobacco cam' in, and the snuffin' began, There hasna been seen sic a snuffie auld man. "His haurins are dozen'd, his een sair bedizzened. And red round the lids as the gills o' a fish; His face is a' bladdit, his sark-breest a' smaddit. As snuffie a picture as ony could wish. He makes a mere merter o' a' thing he does, Wi' snuff frae his fingers an' drops frae his nose. "And wow but his nose is a troublesome member-- Day and nicht, there's nae end to its snuffie desire: It's wide as the chimlie, it's red as an ember, And has to be fed like a dry-whinnie fire. It's a troublesome member, and gi'es him nae peace, Even sleepin', or eatin', or sayin' the grace. "The kirk is disturbed wi' his hauckin' and sneezin' The dominie stoppit when leadin' the psalm; The minister, deav'd out o' logic and reason, Pours gall in the lugs that are gapi' for balm. The auld folks look surly, the young chaps jocose, While the bodie himsel' is bambazed wi' his nose. "He scrimps the auld wife baith in garnal and caddy He snuffs what wad keep her in comfort and ease; Rapee, Lundyfitt, Prince's Mixture, and Toddy, She looks upon them as the worst o' her faes. And we'll see an end o' her kooshian nar While the auld carle's nose is upheld like a Czar." Sharp has written some verses founded upon the following singular anecdote in Dean Ramsay's "Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:"