She was half Lady and half cat–
What is so wonderful in that?
Half of our lady friends (so say
The other half) are Cats to-day.
In Egypt she made quite a stir,
They carved huge Images of her.
Riddles she asked of all she met
And all who answered wrong, she ate.
When Oedipus her riddle solved
The minx–I mean the Sphinx–dissolved
In tears. What is there, when one thinks,
So wonderful about the Sphinx?
by OLIVER HERFORD (1863-1935)
Public Domain Poetry
Thanks for sharing poetry! It’s always good to see poetry in WordPress!
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Thanks so much, DM! We’re so glad you’re enjoying it! 🙂
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👌😄
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Fantastic. Truly. You do great work! 😊
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Oh, I wish we could take credit for this one, but we’re so happy to have shared it with our wonderful readers! 🙂
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Then I thank you for that! 😊
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You’re so welcome! 😀
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Tony. Think I’m pitching a tent. Let the beauty flow..
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Such a great poem for sure!
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Exactly…
Great tidings.
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Ve-ry Cle-ver !
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Lots of cool stuff out there, that’s for sure! 🙂
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Of course the sphinx, the mythical creature that is part minx, part lynx, and entirely spherical.
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With lasers for eyes! 😛
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Another great find!
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I feel like we struck gold! 🙂
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What the hell, why not add another piddling riddle of the sands?
The poor crumbling Sphinx
Sulkily sits in silent repose,
Slowly into disrepair it sinks,
Then off blew its nose.
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I feel so sorry for the Sphinx that you propose. 😛
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