Here is a metrical Enigma, which appeals with particular force to all married folk, and to our cousins in America:
This is of fellowship the token,
Reverse it, and the bond is broken.
No. LXIV.—WILL THEY FALL?
Build up seven dominoes into a double arch, as is shown in the diagram below, and place a single domino in the position indicated.
Now put the fore-finger carefully through the lower archway, and give this domino quite a smart tip up by pressing on its corner. What will happen if this is done cleverly? Try it.
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A monk in a moment, by violence heated,
Endangered the peace of his soul.
To atone for my second, my first he repeated
Just ten times a day on my whole.