34 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

RIDDLE LXYIII.
AKE me entire my salutary juice
In medicine will prove of sovereign use.
Divide me,—that does such a change create,
I’m found pure water in a double state.

 

RIDDLE LXIX.

HAT two persons are those, whose powers are
equal, and whose influence extends from pole
to pole?

 

RIDDLE LXX.

HO is the wizard, that with ease
Can clothe a barren soil with trees,

And in an instant can transform
A barren heath to verdant lawn ?
Who cures the palsy, stone, and gout,
Embellishes a ball or rout;
Promises mines of untried wealth,’
With beauty’s bloom and vig’rous health ?
Who then descends to meaner things,
Offering razor-strops for kings :