Unknown (Riddle Genius) - Riddles From The Book Of Exeter "61-70" lyrics

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Unknown (Riddle Genius) - Riddles From The Book Of Exeter "61-70" lyrics

61. A lovely woman, a lady, often locked me in a chest; at times she took me out with her fingers, and gave me to her lord and loyal master, just as he asked. Then he poked his head inside me, pushed it up until it fitted tightly. I, adorned, was bound to be filled with something rough if the loyal lord could keep it up. Guess what I mean. 62. I'm strong and pointed. Shuddering I die, a violent release. For my reputable master I'll plunge below the plimsoll line, well and truly engineer an opening. A desperate man stands behind me and develops me himself; he carries a cloth. A southerner sometimes helps me out of a hot spot (a real hole), sometimes he gets me into a fix and forces me. Say what I am called. 63. This Riddle did not survive :( 64. This Riddle did not survive :( 65. Quick; quite mum; I die notwithstanding. I lived once, I live again. Everybody lifts me, grips me, and chops off my head, bites my bare body, violates me. I don't bite a man unless he bites me; there are many men who bite me. 66.I stretch beyond the bounds of the world, I'm smaller than a worm, clearer than the moon, swifter than the sun, Swelling seas, and the lap of the earth, the green fields, are within my clasp. I cover the depths, and plunge beneath hell; I ascend above heaven, highland of glory; I stretch across the region of angels; I fill the earth with myself - this whole middle-earth and the oceans streams. Say what my name is. 67. This Riddle did not survive :( 68. This Riddle did not survive :( 69. On the way a miracle: water becomes bone. 70. This creature is odd, its habits unaccountable. It sings through its sides. Its neck is curved, sk**fully carved, and above its back it has pointed shoulders. It plays its fated part as, gracefully, it stands by the roadside, high and handsome, useful to me.