OR,

Double Acrostics.

BY

VARIOUS AUTHORS.

Edited by
A. P. A.

'Owl-downy nonsense, that the faintest puff
Twirls into trunk-paper the while you con it.'

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MDCCCLXXI.

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Double Scrostics.

I.

2.

I

Though of both leaf and flower bereft,
Some ornaments to me are left;
With which I, in my humble way,
Would deck you many a winter's day.

'purple, and white, and blue.'

< On her mouth

A doubtful smile dwelt, like a clouded moon
In a still water.'

3. 'See'st thou that cloud, as silver clear:
Plump, soft, and swelling everywhere?'
4. 'Where nothing is, and all things seem.'

3

No convicts' home am I, and yet within me dwell
A motley, close-shaved crew, each in his narrow shell
All trained to live in harmony.

to tell,

What boots it then

'Who goes like me will, without fail, go well;' For though I swiftest run to lightest touch, Some think they cannot pommel me too much.

I'm owned by every one; and e'en when known as such, The foolish virgin oft will try the fact to hush.

I. I'm seen, and, lo! the soldier bold,

With mortal quiver dies:

By sordid critics often sold,

I'm shared by boys and flies.

2. My birthplace is the burning East-
What tortures am I put to?

I'm cut and hacked, and squeezed and pressed,
And sun-baked. Here I'm boiled, too!

3. For mosquitoes a heaven-for man a damp hell:' So Baker describes an abode

Where the swamp and the ooze, and the river's dank smell,

Make a home for me, quite à la mode.

4. Can I fish without leave?' asked, with rue in his hand,

A youth in the Park t'other day:

'You can fish without leave,' said the keeper quite bland,

'But you'll leave without fish I should say.' 5. I'm sure to be found in the purest of air, And without me no life can exist ;

No savant's yet seen me; but all are aware

That, though missing, I never am missed.