_A Riddle_.
The loftiest cedars I can eat,
Yet neither paunch nor mouth have I,
I storm whene'er you give me meat,
Whene'er you give me drink, I die.
[23] This composition seems a fit supplement to the preceding one;
notwithstanding its absurdity, however. It is inserted merely to
show that this mode of trifling was not unknown to the Orientals.
It is taken from the Mostatraf, where a great number of similar
productions on various subjects are preserved.