A fragment, an article of dress, a noise, an animal, a fruit, and a part of the body. The initials of these spell my whole, out of which I hope you will always keep.
[4]
Find me a word which will express the name
Of feathered biped, found both wild and tame:
Then take away one letter, and it will
Express the name of feathered biped still.
[5]
Find me a word which shows us at a glance
A foreign country, farther off than France;
Then take away one letter, and it will
Express the name of a foreign country still.
[6]
In an every-day word (with but six letters in it)
You will find a few things which are worthy attention;
I will give you a clue, and I think in a minute
You’ll not find it much trouble those few things to mention.
Take four of the letters, and if they’re placed rightly,
They one drop of liquid will bring to your view;
Cut off the last letter, and then see what nightly
Is drank by the many, and not by the few.
Now mix up the letters, and four more take out;
To make what all animals always possess.
Many more I could name; but I haven’t a doubt
You are ready this moment my riddle to guess.
So the name of the whole, now, is all I require—
It’s what every woman should always have by her.
