Classical Enigmas, Adapted to Every Month in the Year / Composed from the English and Roman Histories, Heathen Mythology and Names of Famous Writers: Meant to Amuse Youths of All Ages, and at the Same Time Exert Their Memories, by Calling to Mind What They Have Read at Different Times

by Mrs. Ritson

The food divine, that's eat on high,

By all the inmates of the sky;

Also the Liquor, drank above,

Which Hebe hands, to mighty Jove;

He, who for fair Calypso's smile,

Forgot his wife, and native isle:

Now Thetis' son, who chose the strife,

Of warlike fame, instead of life:

That island, where we're always told,

The brass Colossus stood of old: