132 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

CHARADE C.

MY first, whatever be its hue,
Will please, if full of spirit;
My second critics love to do,
And stupid authors merit.

 

CHARADE CI.

HEN innocence first had its dwelling on earth,
In my first’s lovely form it alighted;
And still, to this time, from the hour of its birth,
In my first it has greatly delighted.

My second’s a part of a smart lady’s dress,
Yet on age it may also be found;

Again, ’tis a garb when the heart feels distress :—
My whole will with pleasure abound.

 

CHARADE CII.

Y love for Eliza shall never know my first; neither
shall it be my second: but it shall be my whole.