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| - | A incomplete collection of riddles that are part of Improbable Island. | ||
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| - | Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in hell, | ||
| - | / And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; | ||
| - | / On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, | ||
| - | / And in the depths of the ocean its presence confes' | ||
| - | / 'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder, | ||
| - | / Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder; | ||
| - | / 'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath, | ||
| - | / Attends him at birth and awaits him at death, | ||
| - | / Presides o'er his happiness, honor and health, | ||
| - | / Is the prop of his house, and the end of his wealth. | ||
| - | / In the heaps of the miser 'tis hoarded with care, | ||
| - | / But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir; | ||
| - | / It begins every hope, every wish it must bound, | ||
| - | / With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned; | ||
| - | / Without it the soldier and seaman may roam, | ||
| - | / But woe to the wretch who expels it from home! | ||
| - | / In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found, | ||
| - | / Nor e'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned; | ||
| - | / 'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear, | ||
| - | / It will make him acutely and instantly hear. | ||
| - | / Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower; | ||
| - | / Ah! Breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour | ||
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