ENIGMATORIAL CHARADRUMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 431, 25 December 1889, Page 4

ENIGMATORIAL CHARADRUMS.

12 Four sj. llablcs have I. My first Is what my oycs do in the time ot sorrow. The thing they drop then, is my next, And liquid tia, which none desire to borrow.

My third, at shortest; is myself. My last, or fourth, your coat is, when you wear it. . ' " '' l My whoie is that clear something which If you be good or bad it will declare it. 13 Of parts I have but two. The first it is so fine we cannot count it. The last it is so queer A broomstick it.will take and boldly mount it. ' My whole it lives in Kent, Mid marsh, and mill, and dyke, and Roman castle And free born were its Bon3, In days of serf and franklin, lord and vassal. 14 I have two portkm : each a syllabic pair. The fhst half Latinized ; and the last the fair Whose name can conjure, and can enchant still more, Awaiting thousands round the theatric door. I am a whole— alas, that it should be so ! Where c'eti the fair and all fair-drawn crowds must go; The people deck me, near to a bridal grace, But underneath remaineth my eombre face, 15 A personal pronoun, nor n: and sing : A noun that is thought a vexing thing. , Together an adj ; of flame and lire. The girls who look it, men never desire 16 I fasten a necklace ; I carry a party ; I stand far a-top or aitride. My three tiny portions you view there, my hearty, My whole is a game Yule -Tide. 17 1 can show you myself, I can show you your neighbour. I can hold a cool draught to your lips. To display me the rarest, Venetians did labour. And omlched me at bowl, stem, and tips. That is Syllable One. Now, for Syllabic Second. lam hither, not thither ; and folk Have with handiest finger, expounding me. beckoned, With effect just as those times they spoke. Now totality mine. (T is a mighty fine word ; But at moments when poets must rhyme, They are frequently driven to corners absurd. So forgive me, this cold Christmas time !) Mv totality, then. Not in dear British Isles Will my presence majestic appear ; Go where Switzerland's valleys and chalet? with smiles Give allurement, and I shall be near.