ERE Phoebus, with his scorching ray, Attains his vertic height,

My first shall then attend each day,
Or each succeeding night.

And if the season's very fine,
And prospect's very fair;
Why then my first I'll gladly join,
To take a little air.

My second, though it's not a ship,
Yet is with ships connected;
And if my first with me will trip,
Its use shall be inspected.

But if my first don't choose to stir,
My whole I'll stay and see,
Though seldom planted out with fir,
"Tis deck'd with many a tree.

CHARADE XXXV.

WHEN night brings on her darksome hour,
And stillness holds her magic power,

All mortals to my first repair,

And bid adieu to toil and care.
My next for various ends design'd,
Yet oft my first you there will find:
Within my whole you seek repose,
Forgetting life and all its woes.

CHARADE XXXVI.

WHEN early Aurora with radiance appears,
Hear my first cheerly sound o'er the plain;
Whilst my feeble-toned second is drown'd to our ears,

And behold in confusion the swain!

My whole see the brilliant assembly engage,
At a ball or a gay masquerade;

But more frequently now is confined to the stage,

For harlequin or his loved maid.

My first will emit a faint light,
My second to wood has affiance;
My whole is high-polish'd and bright,
first on its aid has reliance.

And

my

CHARADE XXXVIII.

THY freedom, my first, is the Englishman's boast,
Behold him enraptured! 'tis liberty's toast ;·
My next is a term oft applied to a throng
Of gypsies so jovial, with fiddle and song:-
My whole is a set of stout desperadoes,

Who terror create by their feats and bravadoes.

CHARADE XXXIX.

My first is a preposition; my second a composition

my whole an acquisition.

CHARADE XL.

My first is what gossips do when they meet; my second is eaten with chicken or veal; my whole is a well known port and naval station in Kent.

CHARADE XLI.

My first is of the tiger kind; my second is a preposition, at the head of elementary literature; my third is a stanza at the head of an ode; and my whole is a final event, or unhappy conclusion.

WHEN this earth was divided in parts,
My first chose a tropical seat;

Where the sun sheds its rays and its darts,
Till the earth is parched up with its heat.
My second all over the globe,

In various hues, may be found; Sometimes in a fine ermined robe,

And, again, with a sackcloth tied round.

My whole, in majestical shape,

Is pleasing to Englishmen's eyes; Yet it 's frequently seen at the Cape, And may justly be reckon'd a prize.