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12 3. My first I would venture for, my second I would venture in, and my whole is very much valued.

4. My first I hope you are, my second I see you are, and my whole I know you are.

5. My first gives light, my second gives light, and my whole gives light.

6. My first is a fish, my second is a fish, and my whole is a fish.

7. All is my first, so is my second, and also my whole.

8. I am what I was, which is so much the worse,

I'm not what I was, but quite the reverse,

From morning till night I do nothing but fret,

And sigh to be what I never was yet.

9. My first is equality,

My second inferiority,

My whole superiority.

10. If you were my first, and I were my whole,

My second might go where he'd please,

Then I should be blest, and you'd be caress'd,

And the rest of our days live at case.

11. Take half what's needful for the dead,

What helps physicians to their bread;

These joined Aright will show most clear,

A liquor famed both far and near.

12. My love to you can never know my first, can never be my second, and will always be my whole.

13. My whole in this country is taken for two,

Behead me a whole generation's in view,

Behead me again, and you very much maim,

But leave me triumphant--the head of a game.

14. My first in your face has a prominent place,

My next when well dressed you appear,

A bundle of sweets my whole just completes,

When Flora bedizens the year.