Quotes about riddle, page 8
Sphinx
The smartest of all
Was the lion woman Sphinx
Asking her riddle
Until one answered it right
She killed herself in despair
poem by Chelsey Ferner
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The Role Of A Metaphor
you shall love me as a metaphor
i fear
that when this metaphor becomes
untangled
like a riddle solved,
how can you love me then?
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Wooloomooloo (A Riddle)
Here's a ridiculous riddle for you:
How many o's are there in Woolloomooloo?
Two for the W, two for the m,
Four for the l's, and that's plenty for them.
poem by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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Nature is a Sphinx...
Nature's a Sphinx. And her ordeal
Is all the more destructive to mankind
Because, perhaps, she has no riddle.
Nor did she ever have one.
poem by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
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Thin Red Lines
Thin Red Lines
running down her
arm
Thin Red Lines
deepening by the
day
Thin Red Lines
make me want to
cry
Thin Red Lines
means she might
die
poem by Charlotte Riddle
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Ran He?
I saw a running man diving into a lake,
His deadly work preyed on us when awake.
Guards will solve this riddle of some,
Some of this puzzling action is a stratagem.
poem by Naveed Akram
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Of course, China is a key to the North Korea if we're going to solve that riddle, but they could also be helpful on Iraq, which is why it's important that we maintain a constructive dialogue with China.
quote by Frank Carlucci
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It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.
quote by Gregory Bateson
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If those I loved were lost
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If those I loved were lost
The Crier's voice would tell me—
If those I loved were found
The bells of Ghent would ring—
Did those I loved repose
The Daisy would impel me.
Philip—when bewildered
Bore his riddle in!
poem by Emily Dickinson
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I Am A Man
in the morning of my life
i need four of you
at noon i only need two
in the night of my life
i will need three
now you must know me
i am the answer to the riddle
of the sphinx
i am man
when the night is gone
at dusk
i only need one.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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