SINGULAR ENIGMA.

Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 208, 18 December 1869, Page 1 (Supplement)

SINGULAR ENIGMA.

One of our correspond nfcs has communicated the following singular Enigma, which possesses some historical interest. It was sent anonymously to the late Queen Adelaide, who erroneously supposing it to have been written by Sir Walter Scott, wrote to him, and asked for the solution. Sir Walter replied, disclaiming the authorship, at the same time adding that he “never wrote anything so good.” Although several attempts have been made, the solution, with the author, remains a mystery until the present time. We shall be happy if by our means the secret is discovered ; “Sir Hilary charged at Agincourt,— Sooth ’twas a fearful day ; But though in that old age of sport The rufflers of the Camp and Court Found little time to pray—’Tis said Sir Hilary uttered there Two syllables by way of prayer : My first to all the brave and proud Who see to-morrow’s sun ; My next, with its cold, quiet cloud, To those who find a dewy shroud Before the day is done. My whole to those whose bright blue eyes Weep when a warrior nobly dies.”