114. _The noblest Object of the Work of Art._--Can any of your readers
discover the answer to the adjoining riddles which I have met with,
though I neither know its author nor answer?--
"The noblest object of the work of art,
The brightest gem that nature can impart,
The point essential in the tenant's lease,
The well-known signal in the time of peace,
The farmer's comfort when he holds the plough,
The soldier's duty and the lover's vow,
The planet seen between the earth and sun,
The prize that merit never yet hath won,
The miser's idol and the badge of Jews,
The wife's ambition and the parson's dues.
If now your noble spirit can divine,
A corresponding word for every line,
By the first letters plainly will be shown,
An ancient city of no small renown."