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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RIDDLE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography
First Line: A woman, though my head and tail are both of them the same
Last Line: "metamorphosed to a man then, the woman disappears!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Men; Riddles; Women
First Line: A woman, though my head and tail are both of them the same
Last Line: "metamorphosed to a man then, the woman disappears!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Men; Riddles; Women
"A WOMAN, though my head and tail are both of them the same;
And still, both head and tail cut off, I bear a woman's name.
You may turn me topsy-turvy, but the change will naught avail—
A woman, whether taken by the head or by the tail;
But when you cut my head off, should my tail escape the shears,
Metamorphosed to a man then, the woman disappears!"
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