Lay them on some smooth surface, and without touching them transform them into a star with five points.
32
Strange that a straggling tiresome weed
Will change its meaning quite,
And turn into a sign of grief
If we transpose it right;
And, stranger still, transposed again
Will tell of ease from grief or pain.
33
Find me two English verbs that ever
In a united state will blend,
Let one say “join,” the other “sever,”
While I divide them to the end.
No. XL.—DOMINO BUILDING
It is possible, with plenty of patience, to build up a whole set of dominoes, so that they are safely supported on only two stones set up on end.