Of all the saddest things on earth,
There’s none more sad than I,
No heart rejoices at my birth.
And with a breath I die!
No. XXVIII.—A MAGIC CIRCLE
The Magic Circle below has this particular property:—
| 32 | ||||||
| 61 | 94 | |||||
| 52 | 38 | |||||
| 191 | 4 | |||||
| 28 | 193 | |||||
| 26 | 44 | |||||
| 98 | 67 | |||||
| 16 | ||||||
The 14 numbers ranged in smaller circles within its circumference are such that the sum of the squares of any adjacent two of them is equal to the sum of the squares of the pair diametrically opposite.
19
Add a hundred and nothing to ten,
And the same to a hundred times more,
Catch a bee, send it after them, then
Make an end of a fop and a bore.