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My first is a letter commanding to wed,Or to lift your sole till it reaches your head;Nothing worth as a whole, it is plain to all menThat divided in halves, it is equal to ten;My second, though nothing, compared to the other,Is worth more as a partner than its double-faced brother;It moans and it sighs, and when joined to my first,Pronounces the doom of the sinner accursed.My third, you will find his whole value dependsOn the worth and position of neighbors and friends,And, when both the other two following fair,Changes doom to desire, and a curse to a prayer.My fourth, though it formeth no part of a hundred,Shows where it can justly and evenly be sundered;’Tis found in the elements everywhere present,’Tis found in all seasons, unpleasant or pleasant,’Tis the chief of all lands, and yet can not waitOn continent, hemisphere, empire, or state.Though ne’er in Great Britain suspected to lower,’Tis the heart of each quarter of that mighty power;It always belonged to the animal race,In the mineral kingdom they gave it a place,And, being impartial, they could not deny,The vegetable order its virtue to try;And yet, since creation, it never was knownIn beast, bird, or fish, root, branch, stem, or stone.
My first is a letter commanding to wed,Or to lift your sole till it reaches your head;Nothing worth as a whole, it is plain to all menThat divided in halves, it is equal to ten;
My first is a letter commanding to wed,
Or to lift your sole till it reaches your head;
Nothing worth as a whole, it is plain to all men
That divided in halves, it is equal to ten;
My second, though nothing, compared to the other,Is worth more as a partner than its double-faced brother;It moans and it sighs, and when joined to my first,Pronounces the doom of the sinner accursed.
My second, though nothing, compared to the other,
Is worth more as a partner than its double-faced brother;
It moans and it sighs, and when joined to my first,
Pronounces the doom of the sinner accursed.
My third, you will find his whole value dependsOn the worth and position of neighbors and friends,And, when both the other two following fair,Changes doom to desire, and a curse to a prayer.
My third, you will find his whole value depends
On the worth and position of neighbors and friends,
And, when both the other two following fair,
Changes doom to desire, and a curse to a prayer.
My fourth, though it formeth no part of a hundred,Shows where it can justly and evenly be sundered;’Tis found in the elements everywhere present,’Tis found in all seasons, unpleasant or pleasant,’Tis the chief of all lands, and yet can not waitOn continent, hemisphere, empire, or state.Though ne’er in Great Britain suspected to lower,’Tis the heart of each quarter of that mighty power;It always belonged to the animal race,In the mineral kingdom they gave it a place,And, being impartial, they could not deny,The vegetable order its virtue to try;And yet, since creation, it never was knownIn beast, bird, or fish, root, branch, stem, or stone.
My fourth, though it formeth no part of a hundred,
Shows where it can justly and evenly be sundered;
’Tis found in the elements everywhere present,
’Tis found in all seasons, unpleasant or pleasant,
’Tis the chief of all lands, and yet can not wait
On continent, hemisphere, empire, or state.
Though ne’er in Great Britain suspected to lower,
’Tis the heart of each quarter of that mighty power;
It always belonged to the animal race,
In the mineral kingdom they gave it a place,
And, being impartial, they could not deny,
The vegetable order its virtue to try;
And yet, since creation, it never was known
In beast, bird, or fish, root, branch, stem, or stone.
My whole you’ll find growing in pasture and barns,Or grown in coats, carpets, warm blankets, and yarns,In England, in Saxony, France, and old Wales,And in sundry more places it always prevails.Of quadrupedal origin—still it is knownIn bipedal families oft to be shown;But the strangest of all its strange forms, and conditionsIs seen in the covering of sage politicians.
My whole you’ll find growing in pasture and barns,Or grown in coats, carpets, warm blankets, and yarns,In England, in Saxony, France, and old Wales,And in sundry more places it always prevails.Of quadrupedal origin—still it is knownIn bipedal families oft to be shown;But the strangest of all its strange forms, and conditionsIs seen in the covering of sage politicians.
My whole you’ll find growing in pasture and barns,
Or grown in coats, carpets, warm blankets, and yarns,
In England, in Saxony, France, and old Wales,
And in sundry more places it always prevails.
Of quadrupedal origin—still it is known
In bipedal families oft to be shown;
But the strangest of all its strange forms, and conditions
Is seen in the covering of sage politicians.