RIDDLES. 53

RIDDLE CIX.

I AM small, but, when entire,

Of force to set a town on fire ;
Let but one letter disappear,
I then can hold a herd of deer;
Take one more off, and then you'll find
J once contain’d all human kind.

 

RIDDLE CX.
*M white, black, or blue,

I’m red, gray, or green ;
I’m intended to hide

‘What is meant to be seen :
So supple sometimes that I’d meet at each end,
At others so stubborn I’d break ere I’d bend;
Like mortals, inflexible often am I,
Till by the tongue soften’d, I’m brought to comply :
Of prodigal traitors Iam an apt token,
I only exist to be ruin’d and broken.

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RIDDLE CXI.

A MONOSYLLABLE I am,—a reptile, I vow;
If you put me together, I’m syllables two ;