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Yet I am as little's a mouſe,
When winter comes, I'm often ſeen,
With my red target near the houſe
Anſw. A Robin red breaſt.
When winter comes, I'm often ſeen,
With my red target near the houſe
Anſw. A Robin red breaſt.
In ſpring I look gay,
Deck'd in comely array,
In ſummer more cloathing I wear:
When colder it grows,
I fling off my clothes,
And in winter quite naked appear.
Anſw. A Tree.
Deck'd in comely array,
In ſummer more cloathing I wear:
When colder it grows,
I fling off my clothes,
And in winter quite naked appear.
Anſw. A Tree.
At night I timely go to reſt,
and early with the ſun appear;
When mounted high I'm at the beſt,
'Tis my delight to pleaſe the ear.
Anſw. a Lark.
and early with the ſun appear;
When mounted high I'm at the beſt,
'Tis my delight to pleaſe the ear.
Anſw. a Lark.
What is it, which God never made,
Forbade, and is grieved to ſee;
Yet has a living foul within,
and ſaved hopes to be.
Anſw. a Cuckold.
Forbade, and is grieved to ſee;
Yet has a living foul within,
and ſaved hopes to be.
Anſw. a Cuckold.
A Wretch there is, whoſe growing wealth,
But ſerves to nake him poorer ſtill.
and tho' his cheſts their thouſands boaſt,
They cannot once his belly fill.
Anſw. The miſer.
But ſerves to nake him poorer ſtill.
and tho' his cheſts their thouſands boaſt,
They cannot once his belly fill.
Anſw. The miſer.
There was a thing a full month old.
When Adam was no more,
But ere that thing was five weeks old,
He was years five ſcore.
When Adam was no more,
But ere that thing was five weeks old,
He was years five ſcore.
