Thence implements of every size,
And form'd for various use,

(They need but to consult their eyes)
They readily produce.

The largest and the longest kind
Possess the foremost page;
A sort most needed by the blind,
Or nearly such, from age.

The full-charged leaf, which next ensues,
Presents, in bright array,
A smaller sort, which matrons use,
Not quite so blind as they.

The third, the fourth, the fifth, supply
What their occasions ask,
Who, with a more discerning eye,
Perform a nicer task.

But still, with regular decrease,

From size to size they fall,
In every leaf grow less and less;

The last are least of all.

O! what a fund of genius, pent
In narrow space, is here!
This volume's method and intent
How luminous and clear!

It leaves no reader at a loss,
Or posed, whoever reads;
No commentator's tedious gloss,
Nor even index needs.

RIDDLE X.

I never in a house was born,
Nor did I ever fly;

And yet to make the puzzle out,
I soar into the sky.

I oft contain both life and breath,
And yet I never die ;

And though sometimes to remnants torn,
I never heave a sigh.

Oft, through ambition, I aspire,
And go till I can go no higher;
And then, like many men, so great,
I sink into a lower state.

RIDDLE XI.

"Tis strange how people disagree
About the title due to me:

By some I'm thought a savage beast;
But, what is still a better jest,
To others I a waggon seem,

Though I have neither shaft nor beam.
Again, I was a human creature,
Yet wanting every limb and feature ;
"Tis likewise said, I pointers keep,
Who never bark, nor ever leap :
In short, I am so very strange,

That should you through all nature range,
In all your course you cannot meet

A thing more odd, or more complete.

RIDDLE XII.

A thing that's insipid—a comical fellow,

And dignity's mark in the East,

Which may be either long, short, black, white, or yellow,

And is generally found in a beast,

A creature pourtrays, which appears in the spring,
And you often have seen, but never heard sing.

RIDDLE XIII.

PART of a tree-if right transposed-
An insect then will be disclosed,
Which robs me of my precious sleep,
And makes me painful vigils keep.

RIDDLE XIV.

I was born in a forest, and wear a green head, And with green heads am compass'd full oft, Some younger, some older,

Some sly, and some bolder,

Some harder, and some very soft.

As various specks on my face do appear,
Of different colours and shapes,
So intent on the matter,

Some grin, and some chatter,
Like a parcel of monkeys or apes.

By nature I'm harmless; but not so by art;
The art not my own, but my neighbour's;

If you suffer by me,

Your own fault it must be,

And you'll e'en have your pains for your labours.

EMBLEM of youth and innocence,
With thorns enclos'd, for my defence,
And with no care oppress'd;
I boldly spread my charms around,
Till some rude lover breaks the mound,
And takes me to his breast.

Here soon I sicken and decay,
My beauty 's lost, I'm turn'd away,

And thrown upon the street;
Where I despised and rolling lie,
Am trampled on by passers by,

And num'rous insults meet.