120.
120.
My first is stationed near your heart,And serves to brace the mortal frame;Of young and old it forms a part,And to fair woman gives a name.Who builds a ship must it employ,To give it strength to stem the flood,And Adam felt no real joyTill in new form by him it stood.My second may be long or short,Or tight or loose, or wet or dry,Of cotton, silk, or woolen wrought,Of any texture, strength, or dye—Be made of iron, gold, or steel,Of love or hate, of good or ill,May gently bind, or heavy feel,May give support, or rudely kill.My whole is formed by fashion, skill, and care,And what few ladies from their dress can spare.
My first is stationed near your heart,And serves to brace the mortal frame;Of young and old it forms a part,And to fair woman gives a name.Who builds a ship must it employ,To give it strength to stem the flood,And Adam felt no real joyTill in new form by him it stood.My second may be long or short,Or tight or loose, or wet or dry,Of cotton, silk, or woolen wrought,Of any texture, strength, or dye—Be made of iron, gold, or steel,Of love or hate, of good or ill,May gently bind, or heavy feel,May give support, or rudely kill.My whole is formed by fashion, skill, and care,And what few ladies from their dress can spare.
My first is stationed near your heart,
And serves to brace the mortal frame;
Of young and old it forms a part,
And to fair woman gives a name.
Who builds a ship must it employ,
To give it strength to stem the flood,
And Adam felt no real joy
Till in new form by him it stood.
My second may be long or short,
Or tight or loose, or wet or dry,
Of cotton, silk, or woolen wrought,
Of any texture, strength, or dye—
Be made of iron, gold, or steel,
Of love or hate, of good or ill,
May gently bind, or heavy feel,
May give support, or rudely kill.
My whole is formed by fashion, skill, and care,
And what few ladies from their dress can spare.
121. How long would a ball be falling, from the top of a tower that was 400 feet high, to the earth?
122. Why are chairs like men?
123. The foot of a ladder 60 feet long remaining in the same place, the top will just reach a window 40 feet high on one side of the street, and another 30 feet high on the other side. How wide is the street?
124. There is a pile of cannon-balls, the ground tier of which contains 289 balls, and the top tier one ball. Require the whole number of balls in a pile.