CHARADES. * 131

Of iron ’tis sometimes composed,
Of wood, and assisted by steel;
My first by my whole is enclosed:
Now, ladies, its purpose reveal.

 

CHARADE XCVIL.
MY first is the effect of fear;
My second oft the cause:
My whole a name by all held dear,
Who study nature’s laws.

 

CHARADE XCVIII.

MY first is the reverse of wild, in its comparative

degree; my second is a narrow street or way;
my whole was a celebrated Tartar Chief, who made the
Turks feel his power.

CHARADE XCIX.
MY first of unity’s a sign;
~~ My second, ere we knew to plant,
We used upon my third to dine,
If all be true that poets chant.