Who am I ?
I'm a strong contradiction: I'm new and I'm old.
I'm often in tatters, and off deck'd in gold: Though I never could read read, yet letter'd I'm bound.
I am always in black. And I'm always in white: I am grave and I'm gay. I am heavy and light.
In form too I differ-I'm thick and I'm thin, I've no flesh, and no bones, yet I'm cover'd with skin: I've more points than the compass, more stops than the flute: I sing without voice, without speaking confute: I'm English, I'm German, I'm Dutch: Some love me too fondly : dome slight me too much.
I often die soon, though I sometimes live ages. And no monarch alive has so many pages.