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XIX.

There is a thing both long and ſtiff, And at the end there is a cliff, Oft moiſture from it doth flow, Which makes fair Ladies pleaſant grow. A Pen.

XX.

Tho' low, yet I am very fair, My Lady doth kiſs me, I lie on her breaſt; I'm welcome to her by day and night: And often, it is ſaid, do give her eaſe, Altho' I hurt her, when I don't do right. A Pin.

XXI.

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. A Lark.

XXII.

In different ſhapes and functions I appear, Always undaunted, tho' I'm moſt in fear; A friend to vice, an open foe to truth: I'm old as time, tho' in the bloom of youth. Impudence

XXIII.

I harmleſs am, but little underſtand: I puff and blow, do good and evil: I ſtrive with that which no man command, I pray, good Sir, unfold my riddle. A Bellows.