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... feel the moment destined for my doom , And form at once an altar and a tomb ; But , wond'rous prodigy ! though I expire , I prove a father in consuming fire . B RIDDLE II . WHETHER derived from heaven , or sprung RIDDLES ,
... feel the moment destined for my doom , And form at once an altar and a tomb ; But , wond'rous prodigy ! though I expire , I prove a father in consuming fire . B RIDDLE II . WHETHER derived from heaven , or sprung RIDDLES ,
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... prove , As the once fabled Queen of Love ! But use your pow'r in better part , Not to betray but win the heart . KIDDLE XLV . I'm here , and I'm there , and I'm everywhere ; In one place not a moment I stay ; Like a goblin or sprite , I ...
... prove , As the once fabled Queen of Love ! But use your pow'r in better part , Not to betray but win the heart . KIDDLE XLV . I'm here , and I'm there , and I'm everywhere ; In one place not a moment I stay ; Like a goblin or sprite , I ...
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... prove of any use ; And then you every day may see The wonders we produce . The most uncouth and shapeless mass To form full well we know ; We ornament the sprightly lass , We decorate the beau . Ladies , you must to us apply , For every ...
... prove of any use ; And then you every day may see The wonders we produce . The most uncouth and shapeless mass To form full well we know ; We ornament the sprightly lass , We decorate the beau . Ladies , you must to us apply , For every ...
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... virtuous attends , And of their peace will surest safeguard prove ; The best support of noble , upright minds , The best foundation of connubial love . RIDDLE LXV . THOUGH I , alas ! a pris'ner RIDDLES AND CHARADES . 47.
... virtuous attends , And of their peace will surest safeguard prove ; The best support of noble , upright minds , The best foundation of connubial love . RIDDLE LXV . THOUGH I , alas ! a pris'ner RIDDLES AND CHARADES . 47.
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... prove Than that famed signal did of yore , On the Hellespontic shore ! Now thou vanishest away ! Yet a little longer stay ; How can else thy airy lover , Thy retreat or thee discover ? Wait not till the rising morn Shall betray thy real ...
... prove Than that famed signal did of yore , On the Hellespontic shore ! Now thou vanishest away ! Yet a little longer stay ; How can else thy airy lover , Thy retreat or thee discover ? Wait not till the rising morn Shall betray thy real ...
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Page 97 - THE VOWELS We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet. T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you.
Page 52 - I'm now a sail, and now a mast. I here am red, and there am green, A beggar there, and here a queen. I sometimes live in a house of hair, And oft in hand of lady fair. I please the young, I grace the old, And am at once both hot and cold Say what I am then, if you can, And find the rhyme, and you're the man.