The Riddle

I dressed a lot of persons

I patched clothes to many others

The rich as well as the poor

I took off thorns

To the sick I pierced boils

I also pierced plenty of ears

Most people need me

They can’t do without me

I adorned too many brides

I made their grooms look handsome

So that they please their admirers

I protected the miserable

I covered and wormed them

With the suitable cloth

I cared a lot for the wrecked

I provided them with food in plenty

I realized later on

That I was doing only good

But as if I was digging in water

No profit coming in return

From the ungrateful man

Yet I kept accomplishing my duty

What I said is an example

I took it from our rich repertory

All the words I’ve used

Are about my doings

And those of the needle

Which remains naked.

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Poems in English 

• Arms and the Man by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• Arcady Unheeding by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• Ancient History by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• Ancestors by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• An Old French Poet by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• Alone by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• Aftermath by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• Absolution by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• A Working Party by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• A Whispered Tale by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• A Wanderer by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• A Subaltern by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• A Poplar and the Moon by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• A Mystic As Soldier by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• A Letter Home by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• A Child’s Prayer by Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon
• Night Launch by Sonya Ki Tomlinson by Poetry In English
• Long For This World by Sophie Hannah by Poetry In English
• LIGHT ECHOES by Sonya Ki Tomlinson by Poetry In English
• Life Brings Me to this Journey. by Stephen Sweitzer by Poetry In English

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