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THE VOWELS: AN ENIGMA, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We are little airy creatures
Last Line: It can never fly from you.
Variant Title(s): On The Vowels - A Riddle;riddle: The Five;a E I O U
Subject(s): Mnemonics; Vowels


We are little airy creatures,
All of different voice and features;
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you'll find in jet,
T'other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within;
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you.




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