Coincides. Articulates.

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The enigma—

Without my head I circulate
With speed and inclination.
Without my bait, at anyrate,
I still have inclination.
Transpose three letters, in unbroken state
I then receive the ashes of the great.

is solved by Hearth, earth, heart (transpose eat to ate).

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Here is a metrical account of the anagram which, with some exaggeration, proclaims that Sims Reeves was often prevented from singing by his delicate throat—

The audience in wrapt impatience sits;
Comes an excuse, and disappointment hisses,
Strange that Sims Reeves, whose singing ever hits,
By a mere shift of letters ever misses!