5
Though ——— secure and ——— in his cage,
Our Polly, when ———, will fly into a rage.
Each missing word has the same six letters.
6
All courtly honours are but light
As grains that from a ——— fly;
And he who wears the ——— bright
May haply in a ——— die.
The missing words are spelt with the same six letters.
7
I’d rather from a ——— eat,
I give my sacred word,
Than dine in slums where ——— meet,
And ——— pedlars herd.