• The poem's ending, in which the narrator becomes disgusted with the Sphinx and turns to his crucifix, has been seen as problematic.
  • Thy sight is growing blear; Rue, myrrh, and cummin for the Sphinx--. Her muddy eyes to clear!"-- The old Sphinx bit her thick lip
  • The Sphinx Full Poem. Topic : The Sphinx|Writer : Oscar Wilde. Shape. main text.
  • often I don’t see what’s right in front of me hiding in plain sight. the sphinx of the rocks enigmatic making riddles for us to decode symbolizing mystery.
  • (To Marcel Schwob in friendship and in admiration) In a dim corner of my room for longer than my fancy thinks A beautiful and silent Sphinx has watched me thr.
  • The Sphinx is drowsy, Her wings are furled; Her ear is heavy, She broods on the world. "Who'll tell me my secret, The ages have kept?—
  • Here you will find the Long Poem The Sphinx of poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.
  • Poem by Oscar Wilde. The Sphinx. ... Poems of the other poets with the same name: Ralph Emerson The Sphinx ("The Sphinx is drowsy").
  • The Sphinx is drowsy, Her wings are furled: Her ear is heavy, She broods on the world. “Who’ll tell me my secret, The ages have kept?–
  • The Sphinx is drowsy, The wings are furled; Her ear is heavy, She broods on the world. "Who'll tell me my secret, The ages have kept?