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Sunbeams
This is an old American riddle from 1500-1900 AD.
I'm round as a globe, as a feather I'm light;
I shine in the sunbeams resplendent and bright.
I rival the rainbow in richness of hue;
I live but a moment, then vanish from view.
Two of the elements give me an existence,
But to other agents I owe my consistence.
By air I'm produced, and by air I'm destroyed;
Essay you to grasp me? Your hand will be void.
To childhood's glad time my short life is due;
And p'rhaps I've been sent forth, kind reader, by you.
I'm round as a globe, as a feather I'm light;
I shine in the sunbeams resplendent and bright.
I rival the rainbow in richness of hue;
I live but a moment, then vanish from view.
Two of the elements give me an existence,
But to other agents I owe my consistence.
By air I'm produced, and by air I'm destroyed;
Essay you to grasp me? Your hand will be void.
To childhood's glad time my short life is due;
And p'rhaps I've been sent forth, kind reader, by you.
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Riddle courtesy of Trumalia.com
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