from From Aenigmata

NEBULA

I wear night's face, although not black of skin,

And at high noon I bring the darkness in,

Ere Cynthia's beams, or starlight, can begin.

GLACIES

I once was water, and soon shall be again.

Strict heaven binds me now by many a chain.

I crack when trodden, and when held give pain.

NIX

Light dust of water fallen from the sky,

I'm wet in summer and in winter dry.

Ere I make rivers, whole lands I occupy.

NAVIS

Long daughter of the forest, swift of pace,

In whom old neighbors join as beam and brace,

I speed on many paths, yet leave no trace.

ARANEA

Athena schooled me in the weaver's trade.

The robes I make require no shuttle's aid.

I have no hands; by feet my works are made.

CORNIX

Nine lives I have, if Greece may be believed.

I always dress in black, though not bereaved.

Angry or not, I sound extremely peeved.

VESPERTILIO

My Latin name is from the edge of night.

I have no feathers, though I've wings for flight.

I come with darkness, and I flee the light.

MALVA

My feet are like a goose's, I confess,

And more than two of them do I possess,

Yet all those feet are upside down, no less.

MOLA

Two stones are we who close together lie.

The first is lazy and the second spry.

One's moved to move; the other doesn't try.

PILA

I have no tresses, whether dark or fair.

Inside, where none can see it, is my hair.

Hands send me and return me through the air.

ANCORA

One piece of iron joins my two flukes together.

I strive against the waves, and windy weather.

Searching the deep, in earth I fix my tether.

MALLEUS

My bodily strength's not equal everywhere,

But head for head I am beyond compare;

Large is my head, and all my weight is there.