Z was the letter which I had to guess out,
Abel, the antediluvian, was killed by Cain,
Rat is a troublesome animal to man;
The whole is the name that king Nebuchadnezzar
Gave to Daniel the prophet, and called Belteshazzar.
From a blue-eyed friend, B. W. P.
MERRY’S MUSEUM.
Vol. VI. AUGUST, 1843. No. 2.