70 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

RIDDLE CXLYI.

WE are little airy creatures,
All of diff’rent voice and features:
One of us in glass is set;
One of us you'll find in jet;
One of us is set in tin;
And the fourth a box within:
If the last you should pursue,
Tt can never fly from you.

 

RIDDLE CXLVII.

HOUGH small my extent, yet my service is great;
I on admirals, heroes, and trav'llers wait:
Who oftentimes me as attentively view,
As astronomers stars, or a lover does you.
Though I’m not very learned, I silently teach;
And give you that knowledge you else could not reach.

 

RIDDLE CXLYVIII.

LL of us in one you'll find,
Brethren of a wondrous kind;