Arithmetical Puzzle
A landed man two daughters had,
And both were very fair;
He gave to each a piece of land,
One round, the other square.
At twenty pounds the acre just,
Each piece its value had;
The shillings which encompassed each,
For each exactly paid.
If ’cross a shilling be an inch,
As it is very near,
Who had the better portion—
That had the round, or square?