The Sphinx Poem by James Whitcomb Riley

The Sphinx



I know all about the Sphinx--
I know even what she thinks,
Staring with her stony eyes
Up forever at the skies.

For last night I dreamed that she
Told me all the mystery--
Why for aeons mute she sat--:
She was just cut out for that!

James Whitcomb Riley
Friday, April 9, 2010
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Greenfield, Indiana
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