The Mind
The Sphinx
From Afterwhiles (1887)
The Mind
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!
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MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Sphinx.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/202/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The Sphinx.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/202/.
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