RIDDLES. 39

RIDDLE LXXX.

OUND is my shape, my size as broad as long,
Firm is my basis, and my nerves are strong ;

With double breast, and buttons round my waist,
With hoops, and loops, and stays and laces graced :'
The colours, titles, and the arms I bear,
Blazon my fame, and speak my character.
Ten thousand vassals at my levee stand,
Come when I call, and move at my command.
By me inspired, men keep or break the peace ;
I fire their rage, or make their fury cease.
Myself obnoxious to a tyrant’s will,
Who wreaks unpity’d vengeance on me still ;
Racking my limbs, he turns me o’er and o’er,
He lugs my ears, and thumps me till I roar.

 

RIDDLE LXXXI.
I OFTEN can call forth impressions of fear,

And the eye I can sometimes bedew with a tear ;
J also can make it with pleasure look bright,
And cause it to beam with a sense of delight.
Again, I am certain it’s often been found,
That I culture the mind instead of the ground ;