16 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

One thing sure remains, which I scarely dare write,
Indeed it a falsehood appears to the sight ;

But you safely may say to your friend, if you please,
I dwell in your eyes in the middle of e’es,

 

. RIDDLE XXIX.
HAVE no head, and a tail I lack,
But oft have arms, and legs, and back ;
I inhabit the palace, the tavern, the cot—
"Tis a beggarly residence where I am not.
If a monarch were present (I tell you no fable),
I still should be placed at the head of the table.

 

RIDDLE XXX.

: ' CUT off heads without remorse,

And yet I never make a corse ;
T guillotine to give new life,—
Th’ invention’s better than a knife.
I’m sometimes patent, sometimes not,
Yet an old-fashioned name I’ve got.
Sometimes I have a costly stand,
Sometimes a plain one, at command—
And oft’ner none,—and so, adieu!
I’m sure I am well known to you. ©