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It was Sir Christopher Gardiner,Knight of the Holy Sepulchre,From Merry England over the sea,Who stepped upon this continentAs if his august presence..

The evening came; the golden vaneA moment in the sunset glanced,Then darkened, and then gleamed again,As from the east the moon advancedAnd touched..

Touched by the pathos of these rhymes,The Theologian said: 'All praiseBe to the ballads of old timesAnd to the bards of simple ways,Who walked with..

'Now that is after my own heart,'The Poet cried; 'one understandsYour swarthy hero Scanderbeg,Gauntlet on hand and boot on leg,And skilled in every..

Signor Luigi,' said the Jew,When the Sicilian's tale was told,'The were-wolf is a legend old,But the were-ass is something new,And yet for one I..

'A pleasant and a winsome tale,'The Student said, 'though somewhat paleAnd quiet in its coloring,As if it caught its tone and airFrom the gray suits..

Thus ran the Student's pleasant rhymeOf Eginhard and love and youth;Some doubted its historic truth,But while they doubted, ne'erthelessSaw in it..

Well pleased all listened to the tale,That drew, the Student said, its pithAnd marrow from the ancient mythOf some one with an iron flail;Or that..

'O Edrehi, forbear to-nightYour ghostly legends of affright,And let the Talmud rest in peace;Spare us your dismal tales of deathThat almost take away..

These are the tales those merry guestsTold to each other, well or ill;Like summer birds that lift their crestsAbove the borders of their nestsAnd..

I trust that somewhere and somehowYou all have heard of Hagenau,A quiet, quaint, and ancient townAmong the green Alsatian hills,A place of valleys..

Baron Castine of St. CastineHas left his château in the Pyrenees,And sailed across the western seas.When he went away from his fair demesneThe birds..

Into the city of Kambalu,By the road that leadeth to Ispahan,At the head of his dusty caravan,Laden with treasure from realms afar,Baldacca and Kelat..

At Atri in Abruzzo, a small townOf ancient Roman date, but scant renown,One of those little places that have runHalf up the hill, beneath a blazing..

Riddle: What name besides Anna reads the same both ways?Answer: Hannah.

Riddle: Who always goes to bed with his shoes on?Answer: A horse.

Riddle: What changes a pear into a pearl?Answer: The letter L.

Riddle: Fashions change but what can a person wear that is never out of style?Answer: A smile.

Riddle: Why couldn't they play cards on the ark?Answer: Because Noah sat on the deck.

Riddle: When do elephants have eight feet?Answer: When there are two of them.

Riddle: What asks no questions but requires many answers?Answer: A doorbell.

Riddle: Why is an old man like a window?Answer: Because he is full of pains (panes).

Riddle: Why do chimneys smoke?Answer: Because they can't chew.

Riddle: If your uncle's sister is not your aunt, what relation is she to you?Answer: Your mother.

Riddle: When is a door not a door?Answer: When it is a-jar.