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RIDDLE by NATHANIEL COTTON

First Line: I AM BY NATURE SOFT AS SILK
Last Line: AND AH! SOMETIMES, I WIPE HER NOSE
Subject(s): COTTON;
I AM by nature soft as silk,
By nature too as white as milk;
I am a constant friend to man,
And serve him every way I can.
When dipt in wax, or plung'd in oil,
I make his winter evenings smile;

By India taught I spread his bed,
Or deck his favourite Celia's head;
Her gayest garbs I oft compose,
And ah! sometimes, I wipe her nose



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