“Reader, whether man or woman,
Write my age in figures Roman.
My first divided by my second
Will make my third, if rightly reckoned;
Ten times the whole, and then you see
My university degree.”

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23. MOSAIC VERSE

The heath this night must be my bed, (Scott)
Ye vales, ye streams, ye groves, adieu! (Pope)
Farewell for aye; e’en love is dead; (Proctor)
Would I could add remembrance too! (Byron)

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24. SIGNS AND SEASONS

The springs spring forth in spring, and shoots
Shoot forward one and all;
Though summer kills the flowers, it leaves
The leaves to fall in fall!

25. THE TEN DIGITS

This arrangement of the digits represents 20, one being a whole number, the others a fraction:—

613258 947 = 20