CHARADES. 105

CHARADE XXYVI.

HERE you place your child, is my first—what
you make your child, is my second—and a
court ornament is my whole.

 

CHARADE XXVII.

MY first a slice affords so nice;
My second discomposes;
My whole’s a bed where honour’s head
Devotedly reposes,

 

CHARADE XXVIII.

MY first denotes an Irishman,

A pleasure, and a shock;

It often stands before the king,
And oft before the clock.

My next the kings of France and Spain,
The kings of England too,

(Or else they can no longer reign)
Must all contrive to do.