An old Italian bird we know
Whose heart is ever touched by snow.
1. None can press me without pain
1. Pressure is against the grain.
2. I am a king without my head.
3. Here is another king instead.
It is fair to our readers to say that some knowledge of Latin and French is needed for dealing with this very excellent Acrostic, of which a full explanation is given with the solution.
34. THE GIPSY LAD
His hands and face were ———, and sad
Upon the ——— a gipsy lad
Lay; as the breeze his temples fanned
He counted ——— on either hand.
Each missing word has the same five letters.