other occasions, seemed to enlarge themselves in proportion to the magnitude and difficulty of the enterprises in which he was engaged.
The Enigmas of last month's number answered by several correspondents, as under.
My name by all countries, all stations is known, From the king on his throne, to the rude village clown.
The soldier without me to battle ne'er goes ;
And much I'm admir'd by belles and beaux;
Without my assistance the eagle ne'er flies,
Nor the lark quits her nest to bail the sun-rise ;
The ladies' attendant myself I profess,
By all I am known to assist much their dress:
Such pleasures I give, and such ease from me flows,
That without me they ne'er can taste soft repose;
For lightness my name quite an adage is grown,
As plain will appear, when to view it is shewn.
*The poetry to this solution, by T. B. has not sufficient merit for a place in the Monthly Vi
IN days of yore, heroic deeds
My presence indicated;
Now, Cloacina's temple near,
My station oft is seated.
LINNAEUS says all birds and beasts must border
On some class, genus, species, or order:
I know not where, or in what class you'll find
My fellow, genus, species, or kind;
Nay, I myself am at a loss to give
My nature, element, or where I live;
For 'tis as true, as wonderful, and rare,
Nature and art have each in me their share;
And not to earth alone am I confin'd,
To range on seas my maker me design'd,
Which shows I am of the amphibious kind;
And tho' he made me only to conceal,
Yet here will I my parts and powers reveal.
I am no bird, yet oft have wings to spread;
No beast of prey, tho' in the forest bred;
No fish, altho' like them sometimes a tail
Guides me along safe in the watery vale.
Sometimes my tail for four strong legs I change,
Which in the sea gives me a wider range.
I'm not of human form, tho' still a soul
Direct my path, and all my ways controul.
Thus far my class-now for my end and use t
I'll say 'tis good, tho' subject to abuse.
Have ye not heard of Jonah and the whale,
How, when it boisterous blew, to sooth the gale,
They launch'd him from the ship into the deep;
How the great fish did in his belly keep
The sinner safe, as undigested food,
Three days and nights, and all for men's best good?
So, like the whale, in that same case you'll find
I swallow and I benefit mankind.
On some lone shore oft seeming still I lie,
Stretch'd in the glow of a fair summer's sky;
Till some poor Jonah (perhaps brought low by sin,
Perhaps with sickly countenance, and thin),
Urg'd by fair hope to pace the sandy beach,
Ventures his meagre form within my reach
Then in a moment, with extended jaw,
I make him whole the victim of my maw,
And stretch my ample tail, my only guide,
And dash straight down into the swelling tide.
When there arriv'd, he gladly 'scapes from me,
And having sported in the briny sea,
As glad returns then motionless I stand;
Then bear him safe to the desired land.
Now, like the whale, on shore I east him out,
And he, like Jonah, stands on shore unhurt;
Nay, both of them, you'll say, were meant for
good,
If both of them are rightly understood.
WITHOUT aid from my first, the deep organ were
Not a note could escape from the soft breathing flute i
My second oft pour'd its melodious strains,
Gently touch'd by the skill of Arcadian swains:
By the powers of my whole, conversation's main
tain'd,
Sweet music is made, knotty points are explain'd.
BRITONS my first with strictest justice claim, Their ancient birth-right, source of all their fame.
A monarch mourn'd my second's hapless fate,
When proud rebellion shook the Jewish state:
My whole, if hit on, gives it proper zest
To pun, enigma, repartee, or jest.
My first is a fish, sometimes caught with a hook;
My second I do when I write in a book:
My whole's a mechanic, to all men well known,
Pusuing his trade both in country and town.
My first's a spot oft causing strife
"Twixt dearest friends, e'en man and wife;
A relative the next will show :
The whole's a vessel, all men know.
EACH of my five syllables
Is a word, a meaning tells.
My first is to eat, oft at other folks' cost;
Next a stream where a son of Apollo was lost;
Third, a verb, that with down is often conjoin'd;
Fourth, a pronoun oft selfishly used you must find;
Fifth, what with a journey is often combin'd.
Reverse this long word, and divide it again,
You will see that for other five words it is ta'en:
A negative first; then a neuter pronoun;
Then an egotist famous in country and town;
Then what Judas the traitor receiv'd from his Lord;
Then a word whose idea a wound will afford.
The word which these ten sev'ral offsprings pro-
duces,
Has not been without philosophical uses;
'Tis oft vague conjecture, position unproved,
Hypothesis vain, from the truth far removed.
I'm seen on high,
In yonder sky;
I'm seen below,
Where waters flow;
I'm seen on breasts
Where honor rests:
My several meanings now determine ;
Reverse me, and I stand for vermin,
ON SLEEP.
BY DR. FRANKLIN.
S a great part of our life is spent in sleep, it may not be useless to examine what is the art of enjoying undisturbed repose. To this end it is, in the first place, necessary to be careful in preserving health, by due exercise and great temperancefor in sickness the imagination is disturbed, and disagreeable, sometimes terrible, ideas are apt to present themselves. Exercise should precede meals, not immediately follow them: the first promotes, the latter, unless moderate, obstructs digestion. If, after exercise, we feed sparingly, the digestion
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