The initials read downwards and the finals upwards, will reveal two celebrated poets.

  1. MilaN
  2. IncompletE
  3. LomonD
  4. TurkeY
  5. OffeR
  6. NakeD

Answer: Milton, Dryden.

1. By Apollo was my first made. 2. A shoemaker's tool. 3. An Italian patriot. 4. A tropical fruit.

The initials and finals read downwards give the name of a graceful writer of essays, and the nom de plume by which he was first known to fame.

  1. LyrE
  2. AwL
  3. MazzinI
  4. BananA

Answer: Lamb, Elia.

1. A writer of a book prophetic. 2. Singular, but not otherwise odd. 3. A joke that does not always end in mirth. 4. A mother-in-law deeply loved by her son's widow. 5. A law, hostile to woman's rights. 6. The name of an ancient German emperor and modern king of Greece. 7. A rare old man.