Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LACENA'S RIDDLE, by ROBERT GREENE


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LACENA'S RIDDLE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The man whose method hangeth by the moon
Last Line: Now tell me, of what ancient pedigree?
Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Mythology


THE man whose method hangeth by the moon,
And rules his diet by geometry;
Whose restless mind rips up his mother's breast,
To part her bowels for his family;
And fetcheth Pluto's glee in from the grass
By careless cutting of a goddess' gifts;
That throws his gotten labour to the earth,
As trusting to content for others' shifts;
'Tis he, good sir, that Saturn best did please
When golden world set worldlings all at ease;
His name is Person, and his progeny,
Now tell me, of what ancient pedigree?





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