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RIDDLE CLXXXIII.
MY body is quite thin,
And has nothing within,
Neither have I head, face, or eye:
Yet a tail I have got
Full as long as—what not?
And up, without wings, I can fly.

 

RIDDLE CLXXXIV.
WONDERS UPON WONDERS!!!

I saw a fishpond all on fire;

I saw a house bow to a ’squire;
I saw a parson twelve feet high;
I saw a cottage near the sky!

I saw a balloon made of lead;
I saw a coffin drop down dead;
I saw a sparrow run arace;

TI saw two horses making lace;

I saw a girl just like a cat;

I saw a kitten wear a hat;

I saw a man who saw these too,
And says, though strange, they all are true.