44.
44.
Fair Bessy promised to bestowMy first upon her lover,And much I hope that no dark cloudsAround the pair may hover.Sweet Bessy’s age is just eighteen,Of gold she has my second;On bearing off the lovely prizeHow many beaus had reckon’d!And now my riddle I’ll conclude,And hope you’ll not me quiz,For what I say is very true—My whole fair Bessy is.
Fair Bessy promised to bestowMy first upon her lover,And much I hope that no dark cloudsAround the pair may hover.
Fair Bessy promised to bestow
My first upon her lover,
And much I hope that no dark clouds
Around the pair may hover.
Sweet Bessy’s age is just eighteen,Of gold she has my second;On bearing off the lovely prizeHow many beaus had reckon’d!
Sweet Bessy’s age is just eighteen,
Of gold she has my second;
On bearing off the lovely prize
How many beaus had reckon’d!
And now my riddle I’ll conclude,And hope you’ll not me quiz,For what I say is very true—My whole fair Bessy is.
And now my riddle I’ll conclude,
And hope you’ll not me quiz,
For what I say is very true—
My whole fair Bessy is.
45. What is that which every one likes to have, and to get rid of as soon as possible after he gets it?
46. My first is found on a ship; my second is a vowel; my third is a title; my whole is the name of an animal.
47. Entire, I’m a man’s name; behead me, and I’m a Turkish coin; behead me again, and I’m too close; again, and I’m a prefix.