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 

• Николай Карамзин – Послание к женщинам by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – Послание к Александру Алексеевичу Плещееву by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – Покой и слава by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – Меланхолия by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – Любовь и дружба by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – Луизе в день ее рождения 13 генваря, при вручении ей подарка by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – Куплеты из одной сельской комедии, игранной благородными любителями театра by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – Клятва и преступление by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К версальским садам by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К соловью by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К самому себе by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К портрету Ломоносова by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К неверной by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К милости by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К Лиле by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К Эмилии by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К Дмитриеву (Многие барды, лиру настроив) by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К бедному поэту by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – К Алине на смерть ее супруга by Николай Карамзин
• Николай Карамзин – Из письма к И. И. Дмитриеву (Но что же скажем мы о времени прошедшем) by Николай Карамзин

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