The Charlotte Journal

MISCELLANEOUS.
ENIGMA-By Miss Sward.
Bequeathed in her Will, with a direction to her Executors to pay $50 to the person who should discover the true solution. it is said that it yet remains a mystery.
The noblest object in the works of art.
The brightest gem which nature can impart;
The point essential in a lawyer's lease,
The well-known signal in the time of peace;
The ploughman, when he drives his plough.
The soldier's duty and the lover's vow;
The planet seen between the earth and sun;
The prize which merit never yet hath won;
The miser's treasure, and the beggar's joys,
The wife's ambition and the parson's dues.
Now if your noble spirit can divine
A corresponding word for every line,
By all these letters clearly will be shown
An ancient city of no small renown?
SOLUTION.
Perfection is the noblest aim
In all the wondrous works of art;
And Excellence the brightest gem
That bounteous nature can impart.
The Lawyer deems the Rent the point
Essential in a deed of lease.
The well known national Salute
Passes signal in the time of peace.
The man is surely well Employed
Who, if a ploughman,drives his plough.
Performance is the soldier's part,
And Vie the lover's acted vow.
The brightest planet Is Opaque
When seen between the earth and sun;
And (judge's free grace makes Life the prize
Wh merit never yet hath won.
On Interest the miser doats,
And interest to the badge of Jews.
The wife's ambition is Support
And that will pay the parson's dues
Often responsive vows avow.
Each gives, the meaning of a line;
And by these letters will be shown,
The city you may now divine.
The'chang'd in name, and hurl'd in ruine
long ere these.
Twas once proud Persia's capital- Persepolis!
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