1. Make a note of this I pray.

2. This gentleman's sons were much too gay.

3. His little friend was prophet and this. 4. An ugly venomous beast I wis.

63.

"Obedient to the bender's will."
"Sole king of forests all.”

1. "And evermore they Hymen, Hymen, sing, That all the woods them answer."

2.

3.

4.

"So was she sad,

And wearie sat upon her palfrey slow."

"In artes

Excelled at Athens all the learned preace."

"In whose Almighty hand

He placed all rule and principality,

To be by her disposed, diversely,

To gods and men."

G. G. M.

64.

Mistaken policy and kindness,
Soon we shall see the folly!

At present they are more or less

Rebellious and jolly.

1. Wet, weary, worn, and over-tired, This by the system is required.

2. A noted writer-famed of old, Entrusted with large sums of gold.

3. Partner of thimblerigs, him oft you'll find, At race, and fight, and things of that kind.

4. This name she gave to her firstborn,
For "Glory from her race was gone."

5. Once on a time a warrior great
Returned from travel, but too late;
The prize he valued was, they say,
Bound to another that same day.

6. When all physicians' art and science failed, The water cure on him alone prevailed.

U. P. O.

65.

This sounds a paradox, but yet you'll see,
Without my First my Second cannot be.

1. He slew Macbeth.

2. An Italian lake.

3. Port on the Baltic.

4. A prophet.

€6.

"Upon the forest side in Grasmere vale,
There dwelt a shepherd."

"He was a tree that stood alone,

And proudly did its branches wave."

1. "This soul hath been alone on a wide wide

sea."

2. "I have looked upon the world for four times seven years."

3. "Arches on arches."

4. "Elect of Paradise! blest rapturous thought, Predestined bride, in Heaven's eternal dome, Of some brave youth."

5. "I come to answer thy best pleasure, Be't to fly, to swim, to dive into the fire,

To ride on the curled clouds."

6. "Be thou my good."

7. "Yet neither spins he cards, nor frets,

But to her mother Nature all her care she lets."

A. H.

67.

If these continue to increase as they have done of late,

The earth will be a spider's web, though not of

gossamer;

And though of good old jog trot times our forefathers do prate,

Few are there in these busy days who do not them prefer.

1. My First upon our high roads are but memories of the past.

2. In Scandinavian mythic lore most powerful of gods.

3. These we consume by myriads at every repast.

4. How beautiful my golden shower and grace

ful hanging pods.

5. I'm often found with mien of woe o'er newly covered grave.

6. A fairy heroine, the theme of opera by

Gluck.

7. In talking of their land's defence they're bravest of the brave,

But when the words are changed to blows,

then where's their boasted pluck?

68.

If you take a walk through the streets of my First,

Which for beauty has ne'er been surpassed;

The chances are great, as you're trudging along, You'll meet someone whose name is my Last.

1. To make it all square, 'tis a curious thing, You want this, a triangle and a string.

2. Gone out of date, an ancient kind of coat, Now only used on board a modern boat.

3. A foreign fiddler who was often seen Dancing attendance on a Queen.

4. This happens both 'twixt friends and foes, May lead to kissing or to blows.

5. "Tis soft and shining, fit for bride or queen, Most frequently in black or white 'tis seen.

69.

True and dry-and all a lie.

1. Your temper keep, take all you can, Be careful or you'll lose a man.