Puzzle Poem Number 5

[Ann]

Line 1. With what I have, oh let me be content,
Line 2. My clothes, my food are good enough for me.
Line 3. My house is clean, I always pay my rent,
Line 4. With something saved for mirth and jollity.
Line 5. If all else seems ........... from the hearth and hall,
Line 6. I own a thing or two that beats them all.
Line 7. I would not grander be than fits my lot
Line 8 . And no one lost will stand a .......... bit more
Line 9. Pretence and hauteur.......................
Line 10. Which blocks the way to many a heart's true core,
Line 11. Possessing little's better than a throne,
Line 12. If we contented are no more to own.

[boheme]

Hmmmmm ..... clearing cobwebs out of my brain ..... it's been awhile, you know .....

OK -- the first line is SOMEthing like:

With what I ______ oh, let me be content.


Next!

[Ann]

I'm sure it'll come back to you Kaye!

I've added another line.

[Cathrin]

With what I have, oh let me be content,
My clothes, my food are good enough for me.
My home is leaning al
(last line)
Tender no more to twins? or 2 women

(I recognise the fact that those 2 lumps of iron on the 10th line are part of a block and tackle, but can't remember which is which So being 2 would that make it plural?)

Thats it brain fog set in

[Ann]

I had no idea they were part of a block and tackle Cathrin, they just looked like bits from a pulley system to me, which didn't help at all. Well done!

Aaaaaah! I've just been inspired whilst typing this. You're definitely right! The line is:


Which blocks the way to many a heart's true core

I think!

(How's that for a bit of teamwork?!)

[Cathrin]

Great Ann!

8th line:- and ----- will stand ----- ---- more

Penultimate line?

Possesing is better than -----

Nope brains gone again

[Edda]

With what I have, let me be content
My coats, my hats, are good____for me
My home is_____
With some_____ for mirth and jollity
If all ease _____ from the hearth and hall
_______ beats them all.


I would not___ than fits my
_____ it will stand a ___ more

[PAWS]

Line 3:
My home is clean .......

Line 6:
.......... that beats them all
........................................
And anyone ......... stand .......
Pretence and hauteur..........

Last line ends ...........to town

Oh dear! It has been a long time.

[Ann]

Well done Edda!

I couldn't get past globe and sphere in line 4. I think the full line is

With something saved for mirth and jollity.

I'll update the running solution under the puzzle itself.

Cathrin,

Is that a horse's bit, as in "will stand a ..... bit more" do you think?

[Ann]

Trouble is, we've done all the easy ones (relatively speaking that is!), so we're onto the more obscure ones now. Plus of course, what was commonplace to a Victorian isn't to us. I'm sure it'll come back to you Graham! Just think back to when you were a boy!

PAWS said:

And anyone ......... stand .......

Is it "anyone" or could it be "no one"?!

[Cathrin]

Line 8:- and will stand a ---- bit more
Line 11:- Possessing is better than chance
Line 12 :- intened no more to -------

Yes it is a bit Ann, if you look again you will see the Horses nose ;D but just before the 'bit' it looks like a rideing crop

[PAWS]

what was commonplace to a Victorian isn't to us. I'm sure it'll come back to you Graham! Just think back to when you were a boy!

Is it "anyone" or could it be "no one"?!

Cheeky monkey!!

But yes, I think it's no one

[PAWS]

Last line - something about letters on that tent?
Previous line - ends in r on e ??

[Ann]

What's really stumping me now is line 5.

If all seems ............. from the hearth and hall.

It's 2 syllables and ends in ease or ese or something sounding like that. Presumably it's a description of the letters (e's?), which are very ornate.

And is that a "k" in the ornate t in line 7 or is it part of the t? If it's part of the t then I think the line is:

I would not grander be than fits my lot.

[Ann]

I've filled in a couple more lines, but now I'm completely stuck.

Does anyone have any ideas what the missing words are? We've so nearly finished it.