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In the heroic days when FerdinandAnd Isabella ruled the Spanish land,And Torquemada, with his subtle brain,Ruled them, as Grand Inquisitor of..

One summer morning, when the sun was hot,Weary with labor in his garden-plot,On a rude bench beneath his cottage eaves,Ser Federigo sat among the..

Rabbi Ben Levi, on the Sabbath, readA volume of the Law, in which it said,'No man shall look upon my face and live.'And as he read, he prayed that..

Riddle: A horse is tied to a five-meter rope in front of an old saloon. Six meters behind the horse is a bale of hay. Without breaking his rope, the..

Riddle: If you have one pound of rocks and one pound of feathers, which one will weigh more?Answer: They both weigh a pound.

Riddle: What question can you never anwser yes to?Answer: Are you alseep yet.

Riddle: It's always 1 to 6, it's always 15 to 20, it's always 5, but it's never 21, unless it's flying. What is it?Answer: The answer is: a dice. An..

Riddle: This man was on death row and only family members could see him this man walks up to the gaurd and says "Brothers and sisters have I none"..

Riddle: Twenty-seven ducks are going to the pond. Five of them got lost, thirteen of them are staying home, nine of them are at the pond. Where are..

Riddle: It goes up when rain comes down. What is it?Answer: An umbrella.

Riddle: Ripped from my mother's womb, beaten and burned, I become a blood-thirsty slayer. What am I?Answer: Iron ore.

Riddle: I play on a diamond, I play fair, I always get dirty, And then I run home. What am I?Answer: A Baseball Player.

Riddle: A boy leaves home in the morning to go to school. At the moment he leaves the house he looks at the clock in the mirror. The clock has no..

Riddle: What's weightless, visible to the naked eye, and when you put it in a barrel of water it will make the barrel lighter in weight?Answer: A..

Riddle: I drive men mad For love of me, Easily beaten, Never free. What Am I?Answer: Gold.

Riddle: What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it?Answer: Charcoal.

Riddle: What goes up and down at the same time but doesn't move?Answer: Stairs!

Riddle: This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal, Slays king, ruins town..

Robert of Sicily, brother of Pope UrbaneAnd Valmond, Emperor of Allemaine,Apparelled in magnificent attire,With retinue of many a knight and..

It was the season, when through all the landThe merle and mavis build, and building singThose lovely lyrics, written by His hand,Whom Saxon Caedmon..

In the convent of Drontheim,Alone in her chamberKnelt Astrid the Abbess,At midnight, adoring,Beseeching, entreatingThe Virgin and Mother.She heard in..

It was Einar TamberskelverStood beside the mast;From his yew-bow, tipped with silver,Flew the arrows fast;Aimed at Eric unavailing,As he sat..

On the gray sea-sandsKing Olaf stands,Northward and seawardHe points with his hands.With eddy and whirlThe sea-tides curl,Washing the sandalsOf..

Loudly the sailors cheeredSvend of the Forked Beard,As with his fleet he steeredSouthward to Vendland;Where with their courses hauledAll were..

Northward over Drontheim,Flew the clamorous sea-gulls,Sang the lark and linnetFrom the meadows green;Weeping in her chamber,Lonely and unhappy,Sat..