The Sphinx
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?
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