(Sovereign.)
(Sovereign.)
(Sovereign.)
Iwas known in old Time; and yet, strange to [relate],’Tis a very few years from my very first [state].When I travel—’tis seldom—my Way you may trace;Yet I’m constantly secretly changing my Place;I’m weak, and I’m wise; I have Praise and have Blame;Yet at all times my Value and Worth is the same.I Nobles create; and yet any of theseMay consume and abuse me as much as they please.Though I Millions command, yet the Poorest may gainAnd possess me awhile, though they seldom retain.10Tho’ I’ve Equals ten thousand, all over the Land,Yet One Crown I possess and have four at Command.One part of my Character All Men may read,}And that only from such Contradictions is freed:}Who counterfeits me, stakes his Life on the Deed.}
Iwas known in old Time; and yet, strange to [relate],’Tis a very few years from my very first [state].When I travel—’tis seldom—my Way you may trace;Yet I’m constantly secretly changing my Place;I’m weak, and I’m wise; I have Praise and have Blame;Yet at all times my Value and Worth is the same.I Nobles create; and yet any of theseMay consume and abuse me as much as they please.Though I Millions command, yet the Poorest may gainAnd possess me awhile, though they seldom retain.10Tho’ I’ve Equals ten thousand, all over the Land,Yet One Crown I possess and have four at Command.One part of my Character All Men may read,}And that only from such Contradictions is freed:}Who counterfeits me, stakes his Life on the Deed.}
Iwas known in old Time; and yet, strange to [relate],’Tis a very few years from my very first [state].When I travel—’tis seldom—my Way you may trace;Yet I’m constantly secretly changing my Place;I’m weak, and I’m wise; I have Praise and have Blame;Yet at all times my Value and Worth is the same.I Nobles create; and yet any of theseMay consume and abuse me as much as they please.Though I Millions command, yet the Poorest may gainAnd possess me awhile, though they seldom retain.10Tho’ I’ve Equals ten thousand, all over the Land,Yet One Crown I possess and have four at Command.One part of my Character All Men may read,}And that only from such Contradictions is freed:}Who counterfeits me, stakes his Life on the Deed.}
Iwas known in old Time; and yet, strange to [relate],
’Tis a very few years from my very first [state].
When I travel—’tis seldom—my Way you may trace;
Yet I’m constantly secretly changing my Place;
I’m weak, and I’m wise; I have Praise and have Blame;
Yet at all times my Value and Worth is the same.
I Nobles create; and yet any of these
May consume and abuse me as much as they please.
Though I Millions command, yet the Poorest may gain
And possess me awhile, though they seldom retain.10
Tho’ I’ve Equals ten thousand, all over the Land,
Yet One Crown I possess and have four at Command.
One part of my Character All Men may read,}
And that only from such Contradictions is freed:}
Who counterfeits me, stakes his Life on the Deed.}
CHARADE.
(Modesty.)
(Modesty.)
(Modesty.)
My first, a fashion; next, a placeThat fashion never came to grace;But few who dwell in Houses fairThrive like the well-fed Beings there.My whole, a Virtue and a GraceAdorns the Mind, [adorns] the face.
My first, a fashion; next, a placeThat fashion never came to grace;But few who dwell in Houses fairThrive like the well-fed Beings there.My whole, a Virtue and a GraceAdorns the Mind, [adorns] the face.
My first, a fashion; next, a placeThat fashion never came to grace;But few who dwell in Houses fairThrive like the well-fed Beings there.My whole, a Virtue and a GraceAdorns the Mind, [adorns] the face.
My first, a fashion; next, a place
That fashion never came to grace;
But few who dwell in Houses fair
Thrive like the well-fed Beings there.
My whole, a Virtue and a Grace
Adorns the Mind, [adorns] the face.