Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ENIGMA: 6, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL


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ENIGMA: 6, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Seventeen hundred and sixty yards
Last Line: Against friend or foe in your heart to bear.
Subject(s): Malice


SEVENTEEN hundred and sixty yards,
A maiden's name and a term at cards,
A halting leg, something stronger than beer,
A river to many a student dear,
A fragrant tree, and a foreign fruit,
A government coach on a postal route,
Honiton, Brussels, or Valenciennes,
A spice preceding bishops and deans,
A sin of the tongue, and the stronger sex,
The state of the sea when no tempests vex,
What you look for three or four times a day,
What the Prince of Wales to the crown will lay,
Three Scripture names, and a region wide,
What an archer takes his shaft to guide:
With six little letters all these are framed;
When each you have duly and rightly named,
They form what I hope you will never dare
Against friend or foe in your heart to bear.





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