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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: RIDDLES Matches Found: 388 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A REBUS, by PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The noblest object in the works of art Last Line: "an ancient city which is much renown'd." Alternate Author Name(s): Chesterfield, 4th Earl Of Subject(s): Riddles A RIDDLE, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An unfortunate maid Last Line: To my voice all my charms are transferr'd. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Riddles A RIDDLE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The man in the wilderness asked of me Last Line: As many red herrings as grow in a wood. Variant Title(s): A Joke Subject(s): Riddles A RIDDLE, by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Because I am by nature blind Last Line: Good luck to those with whom I dwell. Subject(s): Riddles A RIDDLE FOR THE LADIES, by ROYALL TYLER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I never was, nor yet I am Last Line: You've mention'd me, and there's my danger. Alternate Author Name(s): Old Simon; S. Subject(s): Riddles A RIDDLE SONG, by WALT WHITMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That which eludes this verse and any verse Last Line: And heaven at last for it. Subject(s): Riddles A RIDDLING LETTER, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Pray discruciate what follows Last Line: Without it a lady should never appear. Subject(s): Riddles A STORM, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Arthur o'bower has broken his band Last Line: Cannot turn arthur of the bower. Variant Title(s): Riddle: The Wind Subject(s): Riddles; Wind A VALENTINE TO --, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For her these lines are penned, whose luminous eyes Last Line: And now I leave these riddles to their seer. Subject(s): Holidays; Riddles; Valentine's Day ALIVE, I FLOURISH, by EDNA EGLINTON Poem Source Last Line: Your wealth comes from a rotted corpse Subject(s): Petroleum; Riddles ALL AFTERNOON I HOPE, by GILLIAN CLARKE Poem Source Last Line: Of flame, a flamboyance Subject(s): Animals; Riddles; Snakes ALL NIGHT HE DANCES, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: To all kinds of tunes Subject(s): Moths; Native Americans; Riddles ALTHOUGH YOU NEVER ASKED TO COME WITH ME, by JOHN PETER SCUPHAM Poem Source Last Line: Time spent, mis-spent, each time I glance at you Subject(s): Passports; Riddles ALTIPLANO, by CEES NOOTEBOOM Poem Source First Line: I am the messenger, spurred ahead Last Line: One day you will never escape Subject(s): Messengers; Poetry And Poets; Riddles; Travel AN ANSWER TO CHESTERFIELD'S 'REBUS', by JOHN BYROM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Paucis, friend aphanus, abhinc diebus Last Line: Did it, believe me, to oblige your honour. Subject(s): Art & Artists; Riddles ANCHOR, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I war with the wind, with the waves I wrestle Last Line: Grimly I grip them. Guess what I'm called Subject(s): Anchors; Riddles ANSWER TO DELANY'S RIDDLE, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: With half an eye Last Line: It of every charm Subject(s): Delany, Patrick (1685-1768); Riddles APPENDIX TO 'LAZARUS': 9, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The true sphynx's form's the same as Last Line: Earth would fall from its foundation. Subject(s): Death; Earth; Egypt; Riddles; Sphinx; Dead, The; World ASK MANY WOMEN AND THEY'LL CLAIM NO KNOWLEDGE, BUT SOME, by JENNIE FONTANA Poem Source Last Line: Dose to cut the old away, insert two new, underwater, with the head off Subject(s): Gaskets; Riddles AUTUMN RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I know a little creature Subject(s): Riddles BALD HEAD WITH THE FRINGE, by JANE BEESON Poem Source Last Line: Domed candles under a cathedral sky Subject(s): Clocks; Dandelions; Flowers; Riddles; Time; Weeds BARNACLE ON THE HULL OF A SAILING-VESSEL (OR BARNACLE-GOOSE), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I'm found under water, held fast by my mouth Last Line: O'er the seal-bath salty. Say what I'm called Subject(s): Barnacles; Riddles BIG SLEEP, THE HIGH WINDOW, by JOHN WHITWORTH Poem Source Last Line: (farewell my lovely lady in the lake) %playback Subject(s): Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959); Riddles BLACK MY BEGINNING, by ELIZABETH BEWICK Poem Source Last Line: Globe floating on air Subject(s): Riddles BLUE CALABASH, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: Kernels %of %corn Subject(s): Native Americans; Riddles; Stars BOOK-MOTH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A moth ate a word. To me it seemed Subject(s): Moths; Riddles BOOK-WORM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A moth ate a word! To me that seemed Last Line: Was none the wiser for the words he had eaten Subject(s): Moths; Riddles CLOE JEALOUS, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Forbear to ask me, why I weep Last Line: My answer to thy dubious verse. Subject(s): Beauty; Jealousy; Mythology - Classical; Riddles; Tears; Venus (goddess) COCKNEY ENIGMA ON THE LETTER H, by HORACE MAYHEW Poem Text First Line: I dwells in the hearth and I breathes in the hair Last Line: I dies in a month, but comes back in a hour. Variant Title(s): Travesty Of Miss Fanshawe's Enigma Subject(s): Alphabets; Fanshawe, Catherine (1765-1834); Riddles CONJURE WITH ME: THREE LETTERS, by RICHARD SKINNER Poem Source Last Line: Though what current can be still? Subject(s): Exe (river); Riddles DON'T THINK YOU KNOW MY NAME, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: And so I am getting old Last Line: And the fierce acids of winter are smoking in this cold heart Subject(s): Riddles DOOR, by URSULA ASKHAM FANTHORPE Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: The long-whiskered Alternate Author Name(s): Fanthrope, U. A. Subject(s): Riddles ECHO (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Never sleeping, still awake Subject(s): Echoes; Riddles ENIGMA: 20, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, haughty thebes! In shadowy days of yore Last Line: That if you speak my name, I vanish into air. Subject(s): Riddles EPIGRAM: 10, by THOMAS WYATT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vulcan begat me. Minerva me taught Last Line: And if I be thine enemy I may thy life end. Alternate Author Name(s): Wyat, Thomas Variant Title(s): Egerton Manuscript: 103;description Of A Gun Subject(s): Guns; Riddles EVERYTHING OPAQUE ABOUT US, PERHAPS, by ANTHONY WILSON Poem Source Last Line: The car-tyre screech of our cries Subject(s): Elephants; Riddles FAMOUS RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Come and commiserate Subject(s): Riddles FAN (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From india's burning clime I'm brought Subject(s): Fans; Riddles FOR BEING UNFAITHFUL THOUGH EVER TRUE, by CHRISTOPHER COOK Poem Source Last Line: An immortal coil of mortal greed Subject(s): Film (photography); Riddles FOR THE LOVE OF GERALD FINZI: RIDDLE, by MARY LEADER Poem Source First Line: Tending to squatness Last Line: Then doth he grasp me %--up altogether and pour Subject(s): Riddles FOUR CHARADES: 1, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My first is no proof of my second Last Line: You show yourself clearly my whole. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Riddles; Faith FRIEND OR FOE?, by FREDERIC EDWARD WEATHERLY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Patter! Patter! Running feet! Last Line: Shall solve our riddle: friend or foe? Subject(s): Riddles GIFTED WITH VISION THE SNOWMAN WOULD SEE, by FRANK FELL Poem Source Last Line: Later, going out, I'm already out of mind Subject(s): Coal Mines And Miners; Riddles GNATS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There's a troop of tiny folk travelling swift Last Line: The rooms of the town. Now tell me their names Subject(s): Gnats; Riddles GRAB THE BEAST BY THE HORNS, by STUART HENSON Poem Source Last Line: At the end of the day Subject(s): Riddles; Supermarket Carts GULF OF ALL HUMAN POSSESSIONS; RIDDLE, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Come hither and behold the fruits Subject(s): Riddles HAIR ON YOUR BODY, by DAVID HART Poem Source Last Line: Would tickle my face Subject(s): Grass; Riddles HANDY DANDY / RIDDLEDY RO, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: High or low? Subject(s): Riddles HERE'S A RIDDLE MOST ABSTRUSE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: Only when I grow tight? Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking;riddles HEREFORDSHIRE RIDDLE (1), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There was a thing was three days old %when adam was no more Last Line: The same thing was but three weeks old %when adam was four score Subject(s): Riddles HEREFORDSHIRE RIDDLE (2), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I have a cock on yonder hill %I keep him there for a wonder Last Line: And every time the cock doth crow %it lightens, hails and thunders Subject(s): Riddles HOME-MADE RIDDLES, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No one ever saw it Last Line: But it never sings again. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Riddles HONEY-MEAD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I'm prized by men, in the meadows I'm found Last Line: And bring fools low in broad daylight Subject(s): Riddles I AM A GLIDER ON TIME'S THERMALS, by JOHN HAWKHEAD Poem Source Last Line: Thumb extended to hitch a ride Subject(s): Hearses; Riddles I AM A WINGED CREATURE, FLIGHTLESS, by SU JARWOOD Poem Source Last Line: Teller of necessary lies Subject(s): Riddles; Theater And Theaters I AM ALWAYS BEHIND, by JO SHAPCOTT Poem Source Last Line: Of myself in your wake Subject(s): Hair; Riddles I AM BLACK-BROWED, by PAULINE STAINER Poem Source Last Line: Hang me round your neck Subject(s): Albatrosses; Birds; Riddles I AM CHAINED, by LOTTE KRAMER Poem Source Last Line: I give freedom Subject(s): Buoys; Riddles I AM CUDDLE-SHAPED AND FRECKLED, by JAMES BERRY Poem Source Last Line: Skin me, savour me Subject(s): Bananas; Riddles I AM FIRST MOUTH, THEN HAND, by EDWYNA PRIOR Poem Source Last Line: Never to arrive Subject(s): Kisses; Riddles I AM THE SWIFT SCRIBBLE, by PATRICIA HAWKHEAD Poem Source Last Line: I love you Subject(s): Riddles; Shorthand I AM TRUE IN THE LAND OF ANCIENT SOUNDS, by SUSAN TAYLOR Poem Source Last Line: Your beautiful baby carried away Subject(s): Riddles I CAN LIFT GRAVITY'S STERN GLOWER, by LIBBY HOUSTON Poem Source Last Line: Now if I spin much more you'll guess me quick Subject(s): Insects; Riddles; Spiders I CAN TOUCH SOMETHING, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: In the distance Subject(s): Native Americans; Riddles; Sight I CHUCK THEIR CHINS, by ANNE BORN Poem Source Last Line: Run their melodies in the dark Subject(s): Riddles; Violins I DO NOT HAVE A BODY, by BILL HERBERT Poem Source Last Line: I shall be everywhere Subject(s): Past; Riddles I FLASH FOR MEGABUCKS, by DIANA GITTINS Poem Source Last Line: Clickclickclick Subject(s): Paparazzo; Riddles I FLOURISH BETWEEN PLEASURE AND PAIN, by MICHAEL LONGLEY Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Now I'm a chimney sweep, now a broom Subject(s): Riddles I FLY UP I FLY UP, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: I ring my small bell Subject(s): Mosquitoes; Native Americans; Riddles I GO THROUGH THE WOOD IN SILENCE, by KIT WRIGHT Poem Source Last Line: Though I cannot breathe Subject(s): Pens And Pencils; Riddles I HANG FROM A THIN GREEN ROPE, by ELIZABETH RAPP Poem Source Last Line: Unless they first beat me to death Subject(s): Hazelnuts; Riddles I HAVE A VOICE IN MY HEAD THAT TALKS BACKWARDS., by LEMN SISSAY Poem Source Last Line: So I walk forwards and listen to it backwards instead Subject(s): Language; Riddles I HAVE HORNS, BUT AM NOT BEAST, by GORDON WARDMAN Poem Source Last Line: When I am gone Subject(s): Riddles; Snails I HAVE NO SUBSTANCE AND NO FORM, by NIGEL CAMERON Poem Source Last Line: And vanish from your sight Subject(s): Riddles I LIVE ALONE WHERE ECHOES ROOST, by CHARLES BENNETT Poem Source Last Line: Of my wholly open mouth Subject(s): Bells; Riddles I LOVE YOUR PLUMPNESS, by SALLY YOUNG Poem Source Last Line: And sun floods me Subject(s): Raisins; Riddles I OFFER YOU FOUR THINGS, by ROSELLE ANGWIN Poem Source Last Line: To grow your lotus Subject(s): Lakes; Riddles I PAID A SPRING-TIME VISIT TO YOUR COUNTRY, by JEAN WEST Poem Source Last Line: As I shall do again one day Subject(s): Comets; Riddles I PULL OPPOSITES TOGETHER, by GUIDA SWAN Poem Source Last Line: Might run them through perhaps Subject(s): Pins; Riddles I QUAKE LIKE SATAN, by HERBERT LOMAS Poem Source Last Line: And pile a plate with gold Subject(s): Food And Eating; Riddles I SAW A GREAT BUILDING WITH MANY STOREYS PILED HIGH, by TONY CHARLES Poem Source Last Line: I listened awhile and I came away wiser Subject(s): Books; Riddles I START WITH A STRAIGHT BACK AND TWO POINTS, by PETER DALE Poem Source Last Line: Many will seek my narrow bed, my slot Subject(s): Riddles; Staples I WEAR BRIGHT COLOURS, by ELMA MITCHELL Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: But I'm fading away, fading away Subject(s): Rainbows; Riddles I WORK IN THE EVENING, ALONE AND IN SILENCE, by JAMES HARPUR Poem Source Last Line: Sink into bed and snuff out my lantern Subject(s): Evening; Riddles I'M NOT IN COURT TO BE JUDGED, by JENNY LEWIS Poem Source Last Line: The bottomless find scant use for me Subject(s): Riddles I'M SKULKING BY THE SCANDAL AND THE HANDLE, by JOHN HEGLEY Poem Source Last Line: I'm what you want to keep out when you've got %an open hurt Subject(s): Dirt; Riddles I'M UGLY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY, by SANDRA TAPPENDEN Poem Source Last Line: I knot your gut and make you cry Subject(s): Bullies; Classmates; Riddles ICHNEUTAE: A RIDDLE, by SOPHOCLES Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Though the goddess made you wonder, do believe the things she said Last Line: Boy hermes calls it 'tortoise': and its voice he calls 'the lyre'. Subject(s): Riddles IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WATER, by TINKER MATHER Poem Source Last Line: You must precede me with a kiss! Subject(s): Riddles; Y (letter Of The Alphabet) IN CITIES I'M AS RARE AS I'M UNWELCOME, by JAMES TURNER Poem Source Last Line: Your inner eye you'd find me close behind you Subject(s): Riddles IN GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE I RAN UP AND DOWN, by DORIS HULME Poem Source Last Line: The comforts of a hole Subject(s): Mice; Riddles INSCRUTABLE QUESTION, by SIMON WILLIAMS Poem Source Last Line: And what have I got in my pockets? Subject(s): Riddles IRISH RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: From house to house he goes Subject(s): Riddles IT LOOKS LIKE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: A star in the water Subject(s): Eyes; Fishing And Fishermen; Native Americans; Riddles IT'S NIGHT, AN EXTRA QUILT, by STEVE SIMS Poem Source Last Line: Sell fast-forward pills Subject(s): Aging; Riddles LIKE CANCER CELLS, IVY, ARTHRITIS, by CAROL-ANN LUMLEY RUMENS Poem Source Last Line: And loves to take root in your head Subject(s): Censorship; Riddles LIKE THE TIDES I RISE AND FALL, by PATRICIA BISHOP Poem Source Last Line: But beware lest you stumble Subject(s): Riddles; Stairs LISTEN:, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: In the other world Subject(s): Native Americans; Riddles; Water LOUISA TO STREPHON; RIDDLE, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, strephon, how can you despise Subject(s): Riddles MAN, by CHRISTOPHER SOUTHGATE Poem Source Last Line: Word man %hanged man Subject(s): Jesus Christ; Riddles MANY CREATURES DON'T HAVE ONE, by PENELOPE DIANE SHUTTLE Poem Source Last Line: How well in a cradle this creature soothes Subject(s): Riddles; Thumbs MASTER RIDDLE-ME-ROO, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Last Line: Of young riddle-me-roo Subject(s): Riddles MAYPOLE (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Deprived of root, and branch, and rind Subject(s): Riddles MEN RIGGED MY CHAMFERED OAK, by WILLIAM SCAMMELL Poem Source Last Line: Smiles come at me like refugees Subject(s): Cameras; Riddles MEN STARE AT ME MORE THAN AT WOMEN, by WILLIAM OXLEY Poem Source Last Line: You'll not get rid of me again Subject(s): Computers; Riddles MINE IS THE UNGLOVED, by JOHN MOLE Poem Source Last Line: Of an early spring Subject(s): Frost; Riddles MORE POWERFUL THAN THE GOVERNMENT, by GILES GOODLAND Poem Source Last Line: Although I brim with what I was Subject(s): Rain; Riddles MY EMBLEM IS AN ARROW, by JOHN FAIRFAX Poem Source Last Line: I fit the hand of everyone Subject(s): Pens And Pencils; Riddles MY SKIN IS SILVER, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: My heart all gold Subject(s): Eggs; Native Americans; Riddles MY SKIN SHIMMERS WITH ALL THE COLOURS, by CHARLES HADFIELD Poem Source Last Line: Contendly, singing with my silver tongue Subject(s): Compact Discs; Riddles NARROW FOR LOVE THAT MUST BE FITTED IN, by SOPHIE HANNAH Poem Source Last Line: Once made it will (like love) be made again Subject(s): Beds; Hotels; Riddles NO FRAGRANCE YET THE FOLD, by HARRY GUEST Poem Source Last Line: There's nothing behind it Subject(s): Photography And Photographers; Riddles NOBLE RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If thou canst answer me questions three Subject(s): Riddles NOT LIKE A SOCK. THE ONE, by MARY MAHER Poem Source Last Line: And looks for in water Subject(s): Identity; Riddles NOT LOVED ENOUGH, NOR YET QUITE LOST, by SUNITI NAMJOSHI Poem Source Last Line: I am too dear for your possessing Subject(s): National Health Service (great Britain); Riddles OLD LANCASHIRE RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The goose, the calf, the little bee Last Line: And rule the great affairs of man, %explain this riddle if thou can Subject(s): Riddles OLD RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If it be true, as welshmen say Subject(s): Riddles OLD RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: God made adam out of dust Subject(s): Riddles ON A CANDLE (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Of all inhabitants on earth Subject(s): Candles; Riddles ON A CANNON (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Begotten, and born, and dying with noise Subject(s): Guns; Riddles ON A CORKSCREW (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Though I, alas! A prisoner be Subject(s): Riddles ON A PAIR OF DICE (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We are little brethren twain Subject(s): Riddles ON A PEN (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In youth exalted high in air Last Line: I mean the church, the king, and me Subject(s): Pens And Pencils; Riddles ON A SHADOW IN A GLASS (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: By something form'd, I nothing am Subject(s): Riddles; Shadows ON BEAUTY; A RIDDLE, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Resolve me, cloe, what is this Last Line: Of idle tales, and foolish riddles. Subject(s): Beauty; Goddesses & Gods; Kisses; Mythology; Ovid (43 B.c.-17 A.d.); Riddles ON INK (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I am jet black, as you may see Subject(s): Riddles ON SNOW (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From heaven I fall, though from earth I begin Variant Title(s): Whiter Than Whit Subject(s): Riddles; Snow ON THE FIVE SENSES (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: All of us in one you'll find Subject(s): Riddles ON THE MOON (RIDDLE), by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I with borrowed silver shine Subject(s): Riddles ONE EYE CRYSTAL, ONE EYE FLAME, IT ARRIVES, by MIMI KHALVATI Poem Source Last Line: Down to ponder how weak, how bright, its chain Subject(s): Poetry And Poets; Riddles OVER A ROCK-POOL, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: Sits upside down Subject(s): Moon; Native Americans; Riddles PICTURES OF TRAVEL: THE BALTIC, PART 2: 7. QUESTIONS, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: By the sea, by the desert night-cover'd sea Last Line: And a fool is awaiting an answer. Subject(s): Riddles; Sea; Youth; Ocean PLOUGH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My beak is below, I burrow and nose Last Line: If my master steer me with skill from behind Subject(s): Plowing And Plowmen; Riddles PUNT GLIDING UNDER A CHAIN OF SMILES, by TILLA BRADING Poem Source Last Line: Two people considering whether to Subject(s): Bridges; Riddles RADIAL WHEELS OF THE SEASON SPIKED WITH KNIVES, by CHARLES TOMLINSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: That autumn has now invaded with this crop Subject(s): Autumn; Riddles; Seasons; Thistles RAREST OF THE ESCULENTS, ITS DISTRIBUTION, by ROGER GARFITT Poem Source Last Line: Chew softly, undressed or with a little yoghurt Subject(s): Mushrooms; Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As I went over tipple tyne Last Line: That ever went on tipple tyne Subject(s): Pigs;riddles; Boars;hogs RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "see, see what shall I see? / a horse's head where his tail should be" Last Line: A horse's head where his tail should be Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Twelve pears hanging high / twelve knights riding by Last Line: And yet left eleven there Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The fiddler and his wife / the piper and his mother Last Line: And three-quarters of another Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There were three sisters in a hall Last Line: "then, aunts, all three" Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: White bird featherless / flew from paradise Last Line: And rode away horseless to the king's white hall Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "a house full, a hole full / and you cannot gather a bowl full" Last Line: And you cannot gather a bowl full Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "highty, tighty, paradighty / clothed all in green" Last Line: But was not a beast Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Hitty pitty within the wall Last Line: Hitty pitty will bite you Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "long legs, crooked thighs / little head, and no eyes" Last Line: "little head, and no eyes" Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Little billy breek / sits by the reek Last Line: Than all the king's sheep Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There was a man who had no eyes Last Line: "he took no apples off, yet he had no apples on it" Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This creature, though extremely thin Last Line: Though they're extremely dry. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I often murmur, yet I never weep Last Line: Though they're extremely dry. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Riddles; Riddles RIDDLE, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ye youths and ye virgins, come list to my tale Last Line: Though they're extremely dry. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Riddles; Riddles RIDDLE, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I never talk but in my sleep Last Line: Though they're extremely dry. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Riddles; Riddles RIDDLE, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We are spirits all in white Last Line: Though they're extremely dry. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Riddles; Riddles RIDDLE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poem Text 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 RIDDLE, by ELIZABETH GARRETT Poem Source First Line: I am the difficult silk that slides from your grasp Last Line: I am relinquishment and eternal theft, %I am a gesture of greeting and farewell Subject(s): Riddles; Waves RIDDLE, by DARYL HINE Poem Source First Line: Invisible, chimerical Last Line: Wind animates the weathervane Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I was going to st. Ives / I met a man with seven wives Last Line: How many were there going to st. Ives? Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have a little sister, they call her peep, peep Last Line: Poor little creature she has but one eye. Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: As I was going to st. Ives / I met a man with seven wives Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When v and I together meet Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by CEES NOOTEBOOM Poem Source First Line: The cricket is the monk of the bird Last Line: And smells of time without end Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by CHARLES SIMIC Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hangs by a thread Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by WILLIAM JAY SMITH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It leads you a chase through a tangle of words Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by SOLOMON IBN GABRIOL Poem Source First Line: Naked without either cover or dress Last Line: And in ambush kills like an arrow Subject(s): Pens And Pencils; Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: I have a house Last Line: That has no door Subject(s): Birds' Nests; Eggs; Riddles; Trees RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: I go everywhere with a person Last Line: Who never lets me rest Subject(s): Children; Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: I stepped on it Last Line: It stepped on me Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: I make long journeys Last Line: Flat on my back Subject(s): Canoes And Canoeing; Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: It is long, it is long, yet it Last Line: Does not reach the tail of a donkey Subject(s): Riddles; Roads RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: Trousers rolled to his knees Last Line: Made without thread Subject(s): Riddles; Roosters RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: The spots are leaving Last Line: They are going into hiding Subject(s): Giraffes; Leopards; Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: These are my children Last Line: And be brought up properly Subject(s): Pumpkins; Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: The little chief from the north Last Line: Where I go to is good Subject(s): Butterflies; Insects; Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: The birds Last Line: Of the rain Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: Ever since he was born Last Line: One hand on his hip Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: The white goats Last Line: From the mountain Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: Again she comes Last Line: The black girl Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source First Line: I scattered my corn on the field Last Line: It was gone the next day Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The joy of man, the pride of brutes Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: All-ruling tyrant of the earth Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: By fate exalted high in place Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Injured by iron -- I am a loner Last Line: By death-blows dealt -- day and night Subject(s): Riddles; Shields; War RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: That we spent, we had Last Line: That we left, we lost Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: What wee gave, wee have Last Line: What wee kept, wee lost Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: What we caught we threw away Last Line: What we could not catch we kept Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In marble walls as white as milk Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: What shoe-maker makes shoes Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Four stiff-standers Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Wee man o' leather Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At the far end of my yard there is a vat Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The land was white Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: It is in the rock Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There was a man who no had no eyes %he went abroad to view the skies Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Flour of england, fruit of spain %met together in a shower of rain Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A meal of words -- made by a moth Last Line: For all those words -- and all that eating Subject(s): Bookworms; Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The world's wonder, I liven wenches Last Line: And after our meeting moisten her eye Subject(s): Onions; Riddles RIDDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I saw a strange creature Last Line: Thereafter, where that strange creature went Subject(s): Moon; Riddles; Sun RIDDLE (1), by JANE AUSTEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When my 1st is a task to a young girl of spirit Last Line: If by taking my whole she effect her release Subject(s): Hemlocks; Language; Riddles RIDDLE (1), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: Say, what am I? Or what are we? Last Line: Of each house in the nation Subject(s): Riddles; W (letter Of Alphabet) RIDDLE (1), by JAMES LEIGH PERROT Poem Source First Line: Two brothers wisely kept apart, together are employ'd Last Line: Can with the swiftest horse keep pace, yet always go on foot Subject(s): Riddles; Spurs RIDDLE (1), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I am a lonely being, scarred by swords Last Line: Through deadly contest, both by day and night Subject(s): Riddles; Shields RIDDLE (2), by JANE AUSTEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Divided, I'm a gentleman Last Line: That gentleman devours Subject(s): Agents; Language; Riddles RIDDLE (2), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: I have a mouth, but never eat Last Line: Believe, I'm abused Subject(s): Kettles; Riddles RIDDLE (2), by JAMES LEIGH PERROT Poem Source First Line: In confinement I'm chained every day Last Line: If you have but your eyes on the watch Subject(s): Riddles; Watches RIDDLE (2), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My dress is silent when I tread the ground Last Line: With earth or water, but a flying spirit Subject(s): Birds; Riddles; Swans RIDDLE (3), by JANE AUSTEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You may lie on my first, by the side of a stream Last Line: And affection diminish, think of her no more Subject(s): Language; Money; Riddles RIDDLE (3), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: That you will quickly find me out Last Line: I only mean to puzzle you Subject(s): D (letter Of Alphabet); Riddles RIDDLE (3), by JAMES LEIGH PERROT Poem Source First Line: Each day by the clown I'm employed Last Line: To catch me -- 'tis folly to try Subject(s): Knives; Riddles RIDDLE (3), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A moth ate words; a marvellous event Last Line: One whit the wiser when he ate those words Subject(s): Bookworms; Riddles RIDDLE (4), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: I've a circular form, but I've never a head Last Line: Without my assistance you can't write a word Subject(s): O (letter Of Alphabet); Riddles RIDDLE (5), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: Two letters from me while I've breath Last Line: Must have three letters more Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE (6), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: Sometimes I am bright, sometimes covered with soot Last Line: I'm a fish, I'm a boy, I'm a beast Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE (7), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: My 1st when good may claim another Last Line: And puts a stop to speed & hurry Subject(s): Riddles; Roads RIDDLE (8), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: My 1st implied mirth, & my 2d reflection Last Line: It will tell you your fortune, & answer your question Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE (9), by MARY AUSTEN Poem Source First Line: My first's a handsome horned beast Last Line: T'was once worn by a prince Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE OF SNOW AND SUN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE ON THE LETTER H (1), by CATHERINE MARIA FANSHAWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas whispered in heaven, 'twas muttered in hell Last Line: Oh! Breathe on it softly, it dies in an hour. Variant Title(s): Enigma On The Letter H;a Letter For You;enigma Subject(s): H (letter Of Alphabet); Riddles RIDDLE ON THE LETTER H (2), by CATHERINE MARIA FANSHAWE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in heaven pronounced. And 'twas muttered in hell Last Line: Ah, breathe on it softly, -- it dies in an hour. Variant Title(s): A Riddle; The Letter 'h' Subject(s): H (letter Of Alphabet); Riddles RIDDLE ON THE STEEPLE OF ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My altitude high, my body foure square Last Line: Tell me now what I am, and see that you misse not Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE WE CAN GUESS, by EMILY DICKINSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: As yesterday's surprise Variant Title(s): Poem: 1222; Poem: 118 Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE, FROM THE EXETER BOOK, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Clothes make no sound when I tread ground Last Line: And feel and know %no fold, no flow Subject(s): Birds; Riddles; Swans RIDDLE: 1, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Though smaller than a baby gnat Last Line: "this, on the emperor's table sat" Subject(s): Riddles;salt RIDDLE: 10, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: If the rope is folded Subject(s): Arms;mouths;riddles RIDDLE: 11, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I bought at the plaza Last Line: (bean pot) Subject(s): Bean Pots;riddles RIDDLE: 12, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "chito, chito when it could" Last Line: What was it? Subject(s): Axes;riddles; Hatchets RIDDLE: 13, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Always quiet / always creeping Last Line: In daytime sleeping Subject(s): Riddles;stars RIDDLE: 14, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A tree has twelve branches Last Line: "(year, months, weeks, and days)" Subject(s): Calendar;riddles RIDDLE: 15, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Sombreros over sombreros Last Line: Will need a year to guess in Subject(s): Onions;riddles RIDDLE: 16, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There a large old woman sat Last Line: "wrinkled, but running over with fat" Subject(s): Candles;riddles RIDDLE: 17, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: My mother has a sheet Last Line: To count it is trouble Subject(s): Riddles;sky;stars RIDDLE: 18, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "little man, old and weird" Last Line: "he has teeth, but hasn't many" Subject(s): Garlic;riddles RIDDLE: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "tie them, and they go away" Last Line: "loosen them, and they will stay" Subject(s): Riddles;shoes; Boots;sneakers;shoemakers RIDDLE: 29: THE MOON AND THE SUN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I saw a silvery creature scurrying Last Line: Knew where the soft-footed thief had vanished Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: 3, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "round it is, round all over" Last Line: "has no stopper, has no cover" Subject(s): Jewelry & Jewelers; Riddles RIDDLE: 4, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "tilin, tilin hanging high" Last Line: (meat in tree with dog watching) Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: 5, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I went up to town Last Line: And wept with it Subject(s): Onions;riddles RIDDLE: 6, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Long as ever / pounded ever Last Line: What is it? Subject(s): Riddles;roads; Paths;trails RIDDLE: 7, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: What is it that stands Last Line: Has no feet at all? Subject(s): Clocks;riddles;time RIDDLE: 8, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I left my house white Last Line: I was white again Subject(s): Corn;riddles RIDDLE: 9, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: An eagle marching on a line Last Line: Its beak before, its eye behind Subject(s): Riddles; Scissors RIDDLE: A BEETLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Wee man o' leather Last Line: Such a man was never seen Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A BELL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As round as an apple Last Line: Till it's caught by the tail Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A BLACKSMITH, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A shoemaker makes shoes without leather Last Line: And every customer takes two pair. Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A CANDLE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little nancy etticoat / in a white petticoat Last Line: The shorter she grows. Variant Title(s): The Candle Subject(s): Candles; Riddles RIDDLE: A CANDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Little nancy etticoat Last Line: The shorter she grows Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A CHERRY, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Come a riddle, come a riddle Last Line: Come a rot-tot-tot Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A COW, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Four stiff-standers Last Line: And a wig-wig Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A HEDGEHOG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As I went over london bridge Last Line: A-going to thorney fair Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A HEDGEHOG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Little billy breek Last Line: Then all the king's sheep Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A NEEDLE AND THREAD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Old mother twitchet had but one eye Last Line: She left a bit of her tail in a trap Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A PAIR OF SHOES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Two brothers we are Last Line: And empty when we go to rest Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A PLUM PUDDING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Flour of england, fruit of spain Last Line: If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A RAINBOW, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Purple, yellow, red, and green Last Line: Tell me this riddle while I count eight Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A SIEVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A ridle, a ridle, as I suppose Last Line: A hundred eyes and never a nose! Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A STAR, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Higher than a house / higher than a tree Last Line: Oh, whatever can that be? Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A STAR, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I have a little sister. They call her peep-peep Last Line: Poor little creature, she has but one eye Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A SUNBEAM, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "hick-a-more, hack-a-more / hung on a kitchen door" Last Line: Hung on the kitchen door Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A THORN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I went to the wood and got it Last Line: And I brought it home because I couldn't %help it Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A TREE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In spring I look gay Last Line: And in winter quite maked appear Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A TURNSTILE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I'm in every one's way Last Line: And my head is nailed on at the top Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A WATCH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Round as a biscuit Last Line: You ever did see Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: A WELL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As round as an apple, as deep as a cup Last Line: And all the king's horses cant fill it up Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: AN EGG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Humpty dumpty sat on a wall Last Line: Can't put humpty dumpty together again Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: AN EGG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As I went through a field of wheat Last Line: But in twenty-one days it walked alone Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: AN EGG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In marble walls as white as milk Last Line: Yet thieves break in and steal the gold Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: AN EQUAL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: What god never sees / what the king seldom sees Last Line: "read my riddle, I pray" Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: AN ICICLE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lives in winter %dies in summer Last Line: And grows with its roots upward! Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: ANN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There was a girl in our town Last Line: Guess her name - three times I've telled it Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: AS THE WORLD TURNS, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I'm up and down and round about Last Line: Can move an inch except I will Variant Title(s): As The World Turns; On A Circle (riddle Subject(s): Earth; Riddles RIDDLE: BANANAS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As I went over london bridge Last Line: And threw his skin away Subject(s): Bananas;riddles RIDDLE: BED, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "formed long ago, yet made today" Last Line: Nor any wish to keep Subject(s): Beds;riddles RIDDLE: BEE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Little bird of paradise / she works her work both neat and nice Last Line: She does the work that no man can Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: BEES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As I was going o'er tipple tine / I met a flock of bonny swine Last Line: That ever went over tipple tine Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: BELL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As round as an apple / as deep as a pail Last Line: Till it's caught by the tail Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: BIRD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I'm called by the name of a man / yet am as little as a mouse Last Line: With my red target near the house Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: BIRD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As black as ink and isn't ink / as white as milk and isn't milk Last Line: And hops about like a filly-foal Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: BOOK, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The land was white / the seed was black Last Line: To riddle me that Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: BOTTLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "around the rick, around the rick / and there I found my uncle dick" Last Line: And left his body lying Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: CANDLE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Little nanny etticoat Last Line: The shorter se grows Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: CHERRY, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Riddle me, riddle me ree / a little man in a tree Last Line: I'll give you a groat. Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: CHIMNEY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "black within, and red without / four corners round about" Last Line: Four corners round about Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: COAL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Black I am and much admired Last Line: And take me from my resting bed Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: COALS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Black we are, though much admired Last Line: Tell me this riddle if you can Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: COW, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Four stiff-standers / four dilly-danders Last Line: And a wig-wag Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: CRACKED ICE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As I was going o'er london bridge / I heard something crack Last Line: Can mend that Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: DEW AND THE SUN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I washed my face in water Last Line: That was neither wove nor spun Subject(s): Dew;riddles;sun RIDDLE: EGG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In marble walls as white as milk Last Line: Yet thieves break in and steal the gold Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: EGG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As I was walking in a field of wheat / I picked up something good to eat Last Line: I kept it till it ran alone Subject(s): Eggs;riddles RIDDLE: EGGS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A long white barn Last Line: "and no door at all, at all" Subject(s): Eggs;riddles RIDDLE: HAIR, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Riddle me! What is that Last Line: Over your head and under your hat? Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: HIDDEN NAMES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There was a man rode through our town / gray grizzle was his name Last Line: Three times I've named his name Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: HIDDEN NAMES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There was a king met a king / in a narrow lane Last Line: And won't tell you again Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: HIDDEN NAMES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There was a girl in our town / silk an' satin was her gown Last Line: "guess her name, three times I've telled it" Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: HIDDEN NAMES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As I was a-walking on westminster bridge Last Line: Now what was the name of this scholar? Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: HOURGLASS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Two bodies have I / though both joined in one Last Line: The faster I run Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: KETTLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Hoddy doddy / with a round black body Last Line: "pray tell me, what is that?" Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: KITTEN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: It has a head like a cat, feet like a cat Last Line: A tail like a cat, but it isn't a cat Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: MAN, STOOL, DOG, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two legs sat upon three legs / with one leg in his lap Last Line: And makes him bring back one leg. Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: MIST OR SMOKE, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A hill full, a hole full Last Line: You cannot catch a bowl full Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: MOON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: There was a thing a full month old / when adam was no more Last Line: Adam was years four score Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: PAPER AND INK, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The land was white Last Line: To riddle me that Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: PARROT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "clothed in yellow, red, and green" Last Line: By lords and knights I am caressed Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: RAINBOW, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "purple, yellow, red, and green / the king cannot reach it, nor yet the queen" Last Line: Tell me this riddle while I count eight Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: RED DEER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: On yonder hill there is a red deer Last Line: You cannot drive that deer away Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: SEWING NEEDLE AND THREAD, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Old mother twitchett has but one eye Last Line: She leaves a bit of her tail in a trap. Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: SHOES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Two brothers we are / great burdens we bear Last Line: And empty when we go to rest Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: SIEVE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "a riddle, a riddle / as I suppose / a hundred eyes / and never a nose" Last Line: And never a nose Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: SMOKE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: House full, yard full Last Line: You can't catch a spoonful Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: SNOW, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A milk-white bird Last Line: But he lights there Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: SPLINTER, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: He went to the wood and caught it Last Line: Home with him he brought it Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: TEETH AND GUMS, by MOTHER GOOSE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thirty white horses / upon [or on] a red hill Last Line: Now they stand still. Subject(s): Riddles; Teeth; Toothaches RIDDLE: THE CRESCENT MOON, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In mornigan's park there is a deer Last Line: In mornigan's park she walks alone Subject(s): Moon;riddles RIDDLE: THE LETTER 'R', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: What's in the church Last Line: But not the people Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: THE MOON AND THE SUN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I saw a wight wonderously bearing booty between horns Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: TOBACCO, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Make three-fourths of a cross / and a circle complete Last Line: And a circle complete Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: TREE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In spring I look gay / decked in comely array Last Line: And in winter quite naked appear Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: TWO - 'THAT', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Thomas a tattamus took two ts Last Line: Tell me how many ts there are in all that? Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: WALNUTS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I am within as white as snow Last Line: And yet am lesser than a mouse Subject(s): Riddles;walnuts RIDDLE: WELL, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: As round as an apple / as deep as a cup Last Line: Cannot pull it up Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLE: WHEELBARROW, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Goes through the mud Last Line: And only leaves one track Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We call the dead - they answer Last Line: A pile of shit on a leaf, and covered with a leaf. %[humanity between heaven and earth] Subject(s): Nature; Riddles RIDDLES OF MERLIN, by ALFRED NOYES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As I was walking / alone by the sea Last Line: "sunrise for west." Subject(s): Dreams; Riddles; Sea; Sun; Nightmares; Ocean RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED (1), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There was a lady of the north country Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLES WISELY EXPOUNDED (2), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There was a knight riding frae the east Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLES: 39, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: It is in the rock, but not in the stone Last Line: It is not in the living, nor yet in the dead Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLES: 40, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As I was going over london bridge Last Line: What was his name? Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLES: 41, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The land was white Last Line: To riddle me that Subject(s): Riddles RIDDLES: 42, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Brothers and sisters have I none Last Line: But the man's father is my father's son Subject(s): Riddles RUMOURED THIEF, by SAM SMITH Poem Source Last Line: Picker of ideas Subject(s): Magpies; Riddles RUNE, by PAUL MULDOON Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What can I tell you? Though your quarry Subject(s): Crime & Criminals; Riddles RUNE, by PAUL MULDOON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What can I tell you? Though your quarry Last Line: In its drive-up window? Go figure Subject(s): Crime And Criminals; Riddles SCISSORS, PAPER, SPHINX, by RACHEL LODEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Blue river. Blue figures moving Last Line: Bride. Dancing on a windowsill Subject(s): Blue (color); Riddles; Scissors SHIELD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Wounded I am, and weary with fighting Last Line: Daily and nightly redouble my wounds Subject(s): Riddles; Shields SHROPSHIRE RIDDLE (1), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Behind the bush, behind the thorn, %I heard a stout amn blow his horn Last Line: His beard wad flesh, and his mouth was horn, %I am sure such a man never could have been born Subject(s): Riddles SHROPSHIRE RIDDLE (2), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As I was going over london bridge I saw a steel house Last Line: It had four and twenty windows and wouldn't hold a mouse Subject(s): Riddles SLOW TRAIN. FEW TRAVELLERS. IF, by ELEANOR MAXTED Poem Source Last Line: And the end of the line Subject(s): Riddles; Stations Of The Cross SNAPDRAGON; A RIDDLE FOR A FLOWER BOOK, by JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am rooted in the wall Last Line: In college cloister live and die. Subject(s): Riddles SOMETHING YOU WON'T EVER BRING PRESSURE TO BEAR ON, by JAMES SUTHERLAND-SMITH Poem Source Last Line: I barely understand: a true comparison Subject(s): Grace; Riddles SOON AND SILENTLY, IN A DARK SUIT..., by PETER READING Poem Source Last Line: Men at the mead-bench, meditate, name him Subject(s): Death; Riddles SPOT SIX DIFFERENCES, by MARVIN BELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hand is moved. Sleeve is longer. Hat is Last Line: Shapes are open. Gloves are general- ized. / mouth is open. Hand is hiding Subject(s): Riddles SWAN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My robe is silent, when I rest on earth Last Line: O'er wave and wood, a wandering sprite Subject(s): Birds; Riddles; Swans TALL WOOD TWINS, by LES A. MURRAY Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Standing in for lady stair.' Alternate Author Name(s): Murray, Leslie Allan Subject(s): Ladders; Riddles TASK (25), by SPENCER SELBY Poem Source First Line: Drawing reflected riddle Last Line: Of anyone caught in a trap Subject(s): Riddles; Trapping THE HUSBAND'S MESSAGE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: See I bring thee a secret message! Last Line: "belongs to my lord, he lacks but thee" Subject(s): Riddles THE RIDDLE, by E. H." "H. [PSEUD.] Poem Text First Line: Where's an old woman to go when the years Last Line: "leaving her faltering, furrowed and scored - / what's an old woman's reward?" Alternate Author Name(s): "h., E. H.; Subject(s): Old Age;riddles;women THE RIDDLE, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What like wert thou, o riddle of our race! Last Line: And art thyself thine own memorial. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Riddles THE RIDDLE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out of the eater, meat Last Line: I solve thy mystery. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Riddles THE RIDDLE FOR MEN, by GEORGE MEREDITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This riddle rede or die Last Line: Their souls behowl the plain. Subject(s): Riddles; Tyranny & Tyrants; Women THEN SUDDENLY HIS BRAIN BECAME THE SOUND, by RAYMOND TONG Poem Source Last Line: To every sense, making him whole again Subject(s): Rebirth; Riddles THERE IS A PLACE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: Where much water fell Subject(s): Faces; Grandparents; Native Americans; Riddles THERE IS A PLACE, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: In the middle of the water Subject(s): Native Americans; Riddles; Turtles THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD INVOLVED IN ME, by MARTYN CRUCEFIX Poem Source Last Line: Hard as you might look, you are not mentioned here Subject(s): Dictionaries; Riddles THERE IS THAT PERSON, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: Come out of %her head Subject(s): Bananas; Native Americans; Riddles THERE IS THAT PERSON, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: Out of her middle Subject(s): Corn; Native Americans; Riddles THERE IS THAT PERSON, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: He'll eat yours Subject(s): Chili; Native Americans; Riddles THEY'RE MARKED MEN. THEIR PARK IS LIKE AN OPEN PRISON, by KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND Poem Source Last Line: With efs and cant as they tussle over the moon Subject(s): Riddles; Soccer THOUGH GIVING PLEASURE TO MANY, by ROGER MCGOUGH Poem Source Last Line: Here is the key, come inside: I'll make you smile Subject(s): Riddles THOUGH STARLINGS IMITATE ME, by MICHAEL J. HENRY Poem Source Last Line: Who will I pass my number on to %when I die? Subject(s): Mobile Telephones; Riddles THREE COMTEMPORARY RIDDLES, by A. M. JUSTER Poem Source First Line: Though women have refused to use them much Last Line: Although their name is only partly true Subject(s): Riddles THREE RIDDLES FROM SYMPHOSIUS, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My death is life; when born, I am unmade Subject(s): Phoenix (mythical Bird); Riddles; Mythology THROUGH FROST AND SNOW AND SUNLIGHT, by BRIAN PATTEN Poem Source Last Line: I pass all things, yet stay Subject(s): Riddles; Roads TIME AND AGAIN WE'RE CUT DOWN TO SIZE, by MARTIN SORRELL Poem Source Last Line: Until once more we're cut down to size Subject(s): Nails (body); Riddles; Toes TO A YOUNG LADY DESIRED A VERSE ... SERVANT ONE DAY, MISTRESS ANOTHER, by ELIZABETH TIPPER Poem Text First Line: More than a king's my word does rule to day Last Line: When all the world's a riddle, why not I? Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Freedom; Riddles; Liberty TOGETHER, BABE, WE COULD HAVE HAD THE WORLD SEWN UP, by OLIVE SENIOR Poem Source Last Line: Everything - as you did me - up in knots Subject(s): Riddles; Sewing TUSCAN RIDDLES: THE OLIVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I am the fair one of the palace field Last Line: And I am served with love, both day and night Subject(s): Riddles TUSCAN RIDDLES: THE WHEAT (OF THE BRIAR-CROWNED STACK), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I have been taken, have been bound Last Line: I shall be man, and god, for you Subject(s): Riddles TWILIGHT BY THE PLANTATION, by JOHN MOAT Poem Source Last Line: Summer's hope torn in two Subject(s): Birds; Cuckoos; Riddles TWO RIDDLES, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sphinx was a monster that would eat Last Line: And runs away at last on four? Subject(s): Egypt; Fate; Oedipus; Riddles; Sphinx; Destiny TWO RIDDLES FROM ALDHELM, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once I was water, full of scaly fish Last Line: What's my name? Subject(s): Religion; Riddles; Theology TWO RIDDLES FROM ALDHELM, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Once I was water, full of scaly fish Last Line: What's my name? Subject(s): Religion; Riddles TWO RIDDLES, FR. THE EXETER BOOK, by UNKNOWN Subject(s): Riddles TWO SPIRAL STAIRS WE CLIMB TO BED TOGETHER, by PHILIP GROSS Poem Source Last Line: Each slips back into the other's crumpled genes? Subject(s): Dna; Riddles UMBRELLAS, by GEORGE SZIRTES Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Even now I cannot help thinking of them Last Line: Or a stick, like the day before yesterday, %or the meetings of a wartime cabinet Variant Title(s): Even Now I Cannot Help Thinking Of The Subject(s): Riddles; Umbrellas UP AND DOWN I GO, MY STOCK, by LAWRENCE SAIL Poem Source Last Line: Riding under the bright stars Subject(s): Anchors; Riddles WE ARE A CRYSTAL ZOO, by JOHN+(3) COTTON Poem Source Last Line: We make charts for mariners Subject(s): Riddles; Stars WE ENTER THE WATER, by BRIAN SWANN Poem Source Last Line: And we leave the water %singing Subject(s): Native Americans; Paddles And Oars; Riddles WEIRD STUFF THIS, by ELIZABETH BLETSOE Poem Source Last Line: A man could drown in her deceits, her slipperiness Subject(s): Lighthouses; Riddles WHAT WE REMINDED YOU OF YOU ARE ALREADY FORGETTING, by DAVID CONSTANTINE Poem Source Last Line: In your sleepless nights we will help you to let go Subject(s): Clouds; Riddles WHAT'S THE RIDDLE THEY ASK YOU?, by RANDALL JARRELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography Last Line: I don't know Subject(s): Riddles WHEN I LEAN DOWN TO STIR THE BATHWATER, by JANE DURAN Poem Source Last Line: I have ever driven through? Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; Riddles WHEN MY STOMACH BULGES, I HURL WILD WHOOPS, by BILL GREENWELL Poem Source Last Line: And windmill and giddy. So tell me my name Subject(s): Riddles; Trampolines WHO COULD HAVE BAKED MY ENTIRE HEART'S DESIRE, by SYLVIA KANTARIS Poem Source Last Line: And swallow the tall tale I'm talking about? Subject(s): Riddles WHO'S THAT KNOCKING ON MY RING, SAYS THE CHIN, by SELIMA HILL Poem Source Last Line: Me, says the stranger, I want to come in Subject(s): Riddles WITHOUT YOU, I PREFER THE NIGHTS, by VICKI FEAVER Poem Source Last Line: In which you will stay for ever Subject(s): Baths And Bathing; Riddles YOU LIE WITH ME NIGHTLY. IN BATHROOMS I'M THERE, by PAMELA GILLILAN Poem Source Last Line: Something man, and not nature, has learned to create Subject(s): Rectangles; Riddles YOU NEED ME FOR SITTING, by MICHAEL ROSEN Poem Source Last Line: I'm always behind Subject(s): Buttock; Riddles YOUR FINGERS FULLY AWAKE, IT, by ALAN CHARLES BROWNJOHN Poem Source Last Line: Three lines, in order Subject(s): Fax (facsimile Telegraphy); Riddles YOUR JOB'S TO WORK THE SURFACE. DON'T, by MICHELE ROBERTS Poem Source Last Line: Turning it over %and over Subject(s): Gardens And Gardening; Riddles |
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