6 HOME AMUSEMENTS,

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 s0 great,
I sink into a lower state.

 

RIDDLE XI.
A SHOEMAKER makes shoes without any leather,
With all the four elements put together—
Fire, water, earth, and air,—
And every customer takes two pair.

 

RIDDLE XII.

A THING that’s insipid—a comical fellow,
And dignity’s mark in the Kast,
Which may be either long, short, black, white, or yellow,
And is generally found in a beast,
A creature portrays, which appears in the spring,
And you often have seen, but never heard sing.