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 

• Il Penseroso poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• Hymn on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• How Soon Hath Time poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• From ‘Samson Agonistes’ i poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• From ‘Arcades’ poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• Comus poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• At A Vacation Exercise In The Colledge, Part Latin, Part English. The Latin Speeches Ended, The English Thus Began poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• At A Solemn Musick poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• Arcades poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• Another On The Same poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• An Epitaph On The Marchioness Of Winchester poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramatic Poet W. Shakespeare poem – John Milton poems by John Milton
• Winter Seascape poem – John Betjeman poems by John Betjeman
• Winter Landscape poem – John Betjeman poems by John Betjeman
• Westgate-On-Sea poem – John Betjeman poems by John Betjeman
• Verses Turned… poem – John Betjeman poems by John Betjeman
• Upper Lambourne poem – John Betjeman poems by John Betjeman
• Trebetherick poem – John Betjeman poems by John Betjeman
• The Plantster’s Vision poem – John Betjeman poems by John Betjeman
• The Olympic Girl poem – John Betjeman poems by John Betjeman

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Doska or the Board – write anything

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Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

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