The Here There And Everywhere Family

Z



I am always in a buzz,

Though I'm never in a fret,

But I'm ever with a zealot in his zeal;

I am in the zephyr-breath,

Yet with zest have often met

The zero mark that brings the ice-man weal.





Y



I've to do with the yoke, but not with the ox;

I help every priest in his prayer;

I am ne every year, and in four months appear,

While I yield to the yeoman a share.





X



I live in a Lexicon,

I mark half a score;

I ride with a Mexican,

In Texas, for lore,











W



I am in every wing, yet I'm not in a dove;

I wait in the swing to be tossed up above.

I live in the woods, and I perch on the wall;

I am in the wild waves, though I sail in a yawl.





V



I am mingled with your victuals, yet 'm never in your mouth;

I always lead the van and must forever stem the wave;

I grow in every gravel bed, East, West, or North, or South,

And although I'm with the living, you will find me in the grave.





U



I live in the urn, but not in the vase,

I always can run, but I never can race.

I tumble and jump, but I can't hop nor skip;

I hide in your mouth, but I ne'er touch your lip.





T



I'm doubled up in a patty-pan,

Yet I never saw a pie;

I hide in the boy's first pair of boots,

Nor pass his mittens by.











S



I am always in sadness, yet never know grief;

Then, too, I'm in gladness, which gives me relief.

I know not the ocean, but swim in the sea,

And the stars and the sunshine were not, but for me.





R



I live at both ends of a river,

My home is the center of art;

I am found in both arrows and quiver

Yet I quietly rest in your heart.





Q



I lead the queen, yet never walk

Without you (u) at my heels;

I laugh at every question queer,

And joy in piggy's squeals.





P



I perch on every pepper-pod,

I peer in every place;

I prance with every palfrey gay,

Yet never run nor race.











O



Listen, children, and you'll hear me in the cooing of the dove;

In the lowing of the kine and the crowing of the cocks;

I am in your joy and sorrow, and I come to you in love,

And you will find me safely hidden in the middle of your box.





N



I live in the moon, yet I visit the sun,

I've twice blest the noon, and I've twice kissed the nun;

I was in the beginning, yes, double and treble,

And wherever's an end I am always in the middle.





M



I, too, live in the moon, yet I ne'er saw the sun;

I ne'er blessed the noon, and I ne'er kissed a nun.

I'm one of the many, and in at each mess,

Though I've never a penny, I'm not in distress.





L



I sing in every lullaby,

I'm out in every squall;

I ring in every shilling piece,

And roll in every ball.











K



I am baked in a cake, but I never see bread,

I can fork hay, and rake, but I can't lie in bed;

I can like, but not love; though no doe, I'm with the buck;

I'm in kite, but not in dove; and I'm always in luck.





J



I'm in a baby-jumper, and with joy I laugh and sing,

But I quickly find myself shut up in jail,

Where I pass my time in jokes, or perhaps in conjuring,

Till I lead the Judge, who says I'm "out on bail."





I



I live in an Inn, yet I never taste beer,

I never smoke, chew, or use snuff;

I am seen in high life, yet I'm true to my wife,

And now I have told you enough.





H



At the door of a hut I must stand, it is true,

Yet of the king's household I'm one;

I revel in heather all wet with the dew,

And yet I am never in fun.











G



I grow in grace, yet gayety

Would have no place except for me;

I greet the gardener with a grin,

E'en though I lie the grave within.

I'm with the King, yet shun the Queen;

I walk in grey, ah! yes in green;

I gleam in gold, yet live in gloom,

And at a wedding kiss the groom.





F



I am in the farmer's field,

I am fresh in all his fruits;

I'm in all his forests wide,

But I'm not in his pursuits.





E



Twice told, I'm in Eternity,

And yet I live in time;

I eat and sleep in every place,

Yet soar in the sublime.





D



I darken your doors and your windows,

And if you are deaf, dumb, or blind,

You may know I am always quite ready,

Your duds or your dainties to find.











C



Though I live in the ocean so blue,

Yet I never am seen in the sea;

I can cast a sheet-anchor, 't is true,

And captains depend upon me.





B



I grow in the bean,

And to beauty I lean,

And when buttercups bloom I am there;

I bend the boy's bow,

And the bugle I blow,

Till I wake the Kamtchatcadale bear.





A



I lead out the ape, and I'm seen in the glass;

I hide in the grape, and I'm found in the grass.

I was there in the garden when Adam was made,

Not to help them to sin, though I stood in their shade.

You can not have an apple, an orange, a pear,

But in each and in all, I must have my full share.

You can not eat nor speak, nay, nor hear, without me;

That I'm chief among my fellows, you all must agree.