Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RIDDLE, by NATHANIEL COTTON



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First Line: I am by nature soft as silk
Last Line: And ah! Sometimes, I wipe her nose
Subject(s): Cotton


I AM by nature soft as silk,
By nature too as white as milk;
I am a constant friend to man,
And serve him every way I can.
When dipt in wax, or plung'd in oil,
I make his winter evenings smile;

By India taught I spread his bed,
Or deck his favourite Celia's head;
Her gayest garbs I oft compose,
And ah! sometimes, I wipe her nose





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