  Riddle me, riddle me, riddle me ree, Perhaps you can tell me what this may be. Decorative Image In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with a skin as soft as silk; Within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple doth appear. No doors there are to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in and steal the gold. Decorative Image Thirty white horses upon a red hill, Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still. Decorative Image Black within and red without; Four corners round about. Decorative Image Little Nan Etticoat, In a white petticoat, And a red nose; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. Decorative Image As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, And all the King's horses can't pull it up. Decorative Image Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head, and no eyes. Decorative Image Higher than a house, higher than a tree, Oh, whatever can that be? Decorative Image Down in a dark dungeon I saw a brave knight, All saddled, all bridled, all fit for the fight. Gilt was his saddle, and bent was his bow; Thrice I've told you his name, and yet you don't know. Decorative Image Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; Not all the King's horses, nor all the King's men, Could set Humpty Dumpty up again. Decorative Image Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess, They all went together to seek a bird's nest. They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, They all took one, and left four in. Decorative Image As soft as silk, as white as milk, As bitter as gall, a thick wall, And a green coat covers me all. Decorative Image As I went through the garden gap, Whom should I meet but Dick Red-cap! A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat: If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat. Decorative Image I went to the wood and got it; I sat me down and looked at it; The more I looked at it the less I liked it; And I brought it home because I couldn't help it. Decorative Image There was a girl in our town, Silk an' satin was her gown, Silk an' satin, gold an' velvet, Guess her name, three times I've tell'd it. Decorative Image As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives; Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives? Decorative Image Two legs sat upon three legs, With one leg in his lap; In comes four legs, And runs away with one leg. Up jumps two legs, Catches up three legs, Throws it after four legs, And makes him bring back one leg. Decorative Image As I was going o'er Westminster bridge, I met with a Westminster scholar; He pulled off his cap, an' drew off his glove, And wished me a very good morrow. What is his name? Decorative Image Flour of England, fruit of Spain, Met together in a shower of rain; Put in a bag tied round with a string, If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring. Decorative Image I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear But a silver nutmeg, and a golden pear. The King of Spain's daughter came to visit me, And all was because of my little nut tree. I skipped over water, I danced over sea, And all the birds of the air, they couldn't catch me. Decorative Image There is one that has a head without an eye, And there's one that has an eye without a head: You may find the answer if you try; And when all is said, Half the answer hangs upon a thread! Christina G. Rossetti. Eliza Lee Follen. Decorative Image |
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