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Charades.
I .
My first on a schoolboy your bounty bestows,
Though 'tis commonly seen at the end of his nose;
My second you'll say, when my whole you explore,
Which once upon two legs walked proud at Mysore;
Now in town, less majestic, it capers on four.
Though 'tis commonly seen at the end of his nose;
My second you'll say, when my whole you explore,
Which once upon two legs walked proud at Mysore;
Now in town, less majestic, it capers on four.
Ans. Tippoo, an Italian greyhound.
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II.
Go, if my first you'd seek aright,
And find her in yon dark-blue sky,
With many a starry gem bedight,
In sweet but mournful majesty.
And find her in yon dark-blue sky,
With many a starry gem bedight,
In sweet but mournful majesty.
If on some dark and dismal shore,
Through clouds and gloom your footsteps stray,
My second of my first implore,
To guide thee on thy dreary way.
Through clouds and gloom your footsteps stray,
My second of my first implore,
To guide thee on thy dreary way.
And if, perchance, you'd find my whole,
See where it sleeps in soft repose,
And to the contemplative soul
A thousand nameless charms bestows!
See where it sleeps in soft repose,
And to the contemplative soul
A thousand nameless charms bestows!
Ans. Moonlight.
III.
I can tip you my first, I can tell you my second,
For Fire and for Physic most famous I'm reckoned;
Of my name any more are you anxious to know?
You will find it consists of a word and a blow.
For Fire and for Physic most famous I'm reckoned;
Of my name any more are you anxious to know?
You will find it consists of a word and a blow.
Ans. Wakley, the Coroner.
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