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RIDDLES. 47
RIDDLE XCVIII.

[™ very handy at all work,
Be it coarse or fine ;

Oft to industry lend an aid,
And forward its design.

By men and women both retain’d,
I grumble at no task ;

Without a murmur toil all night,
And no reward I ask.

Though apt at everything I do,
And following each rule,

Yet at my mistress’s command
I often go to school.

RIDDLE XCIX.
SUBLIME, erect, I cut the yielding air ;

A guide as certain as the morning-star,
I with unwearied pinions wing my way ;
And round large circles in the sunbeams play.
In single combat, with a valiant foe,
I pluck’d the laurel from the champion’s brow,
Giving both man and horse an overthrow.