Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SPHINX, by MATHILDE BLIND Poet's Biography First Line: Wanderer, behold life's riddle, writ in stone Last Line: Dwindle to nothingness before thee -- sphinx. Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude Subject(s): Egypt; Sphinx | ||||||||
WANDERER, behold Life's riddle writ in stone, Fronting Eternity with lidless eyes; Of all that is beneath the changing skies, Immutably abiding and alone. The handiwork of hands unseen, unknown, When Pharaohs of immortal dynasties Built Pyramids to brave the centuries, Cheating Annihilation of her own. The heart grows hushed before it. Nay, methinks That Man, and all on which Man wastes his breath, The World, and all the World inheriteth, With infinite, inexorable links Grappling the soul; that love, hate, birth and death Dwindle to nothingness before thee -- Sphinx. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SPHINX by RALPH WALDO EMERSON QUATRAIN: THE IRON AGE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE SPHINX AT MOUNT AUBURN by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPHINX-MONEY by MATHILDE BLIND THE SPHINX by HENRY HOWARD BROWNELL THE SPHINX by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 9 by HEINRICH HEINE THE CROWN OF THORNS by JESSE WILLIS JEFFERIS THE NILE by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING |
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