Can you fill in the missing letters which are needed to turn the oft-repeated “u” below into rhyming verse:—
.u.. .u.u. .u..u.., ..u...u. .u.. u..u..,
.u... .u.., .u. .u..u.. .u..u... ..u...u. ..u..;
...u.. .u...., .u.. .u..u.. ..u... .u... .u... u..u..,
U. .u...., .u.. ..u..-.u.u., .u..u.’. .u...u. .u..
No. V.—TESSELATED DIAMOND
By G. Slater
| 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 109 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 113 | 16 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 110 | 107 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 42 | 9 | 11 | 100 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
| 74 | 81 | 112 | 10 | 56 | 71 | |||||||||||||||
| 67 | 53 | 87 | 111 | 83 | 43 | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 49 | 50 | 35 | 59 | 63 | 84 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 96 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 68 | 39 | 37 | 115 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | 95 | 97 | 76 | 75 | 33 | 85 | 3 | 116 | 114 | |||||||||||
| 91 | 31 | 28 | 94 | 40 | 61 | 82 | 120 | 2 | 5 | 117 | ||||||||||
| 92 | 90 | 25 | 64 | 89 | 47 | 41 | 119 | 121 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 29 | 93 | 58 | 62 | 54 | 69 | 86 | 4 | 118 | ||||||||||||
| 32 | 66 | 60 | 57 | 73 | 52 | 80 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 44 | 79 | 65 | 19 | 45 | 48 | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| 51 | 38 | 104 | 18 | 55 | 70 | |||||||||||||||
| 88 | 22 | 103 | 105 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
| 99 | 23 | 20 | 102 | |||||||||||||||||
| 100 | 98 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 101 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
In this ingenious diamond all rows and both diagonals add up to 671; in the four corner diamonds all add up to 244; and in the central diamond, and the 16 rows of threes surrounding it, to 183.
3. AN ENIGMA
I see my first, I see my next,
And both I sigh and see
Joined to my third, which much perplexed
And sorely puzzled me.
’Twas fifty, and ’twas something more,
Reversed ’twas scarce an ell,
With first and next it forms a whole
Clear as a crystal bell.
What is my whole? A splendid tear
Upheld in cruel thrall;
Blow soft, ye gales, bright sun appear!
And bid me gently fall.