英语谜语

英语谜语 Riddles (Part IV)I am, in truth, a yellow forkFrom tables in the skyBy inadvertent fingers droppedThe awful cutlery.Of mansions never quite disclosedAnd never quite concealedThe apparatus of the darkTo ignorance revealed.——lightning, Emily DickinsonMany-maned scud-thumper,Maker of worn wood,Shrub-ruster,Sky-mocker,Rave!Portly pusher,Wind-slave.—— John UpdikeMake me thy lyre, even as the forests are. What if my leaves fell like its own -- The tumult of thy mighty harmoniesWill take from both a deep autumnal tone. ——the west wind, Percy Bysshe ShelleyThis darksome burn, horseback brown,His rollock highroad roaring down,In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam Flutes and low to the body falls home. ——river, Gerard Manley HopkinsI've measured it from side to side,'Tis three feet long and two feet wide.It is of compass small, and bareTo thirsty suns and parching air.——the grave of a child, WordsworthMy love, when I gaze on thy beautiful face, Careering along, yet always in place -- The thought has often come into my mindIf I ever shall see thy glorious behind.——the moon, Sir Edmund GosseThen all thy feculent majesty recallsThe nauseous mustiness of forsaken bowers, The leprous nudity of deserted halls -- The positive nastiness of sullied flowers. And I mark the colours, yellow and black, That fresco thy lithe, dictatorial thighs.——spider, Francis Saltus SaltusWhen young, I am sweet in the sun.When middle-aged, I make you gay.When old, I am valued more than ever.——wineI am always hungry,I must always be fed,The finger I lickWill soon turn red.——fireAll about, but cannot be seen,Can be captured, cannot be held,No throat, but can be heard.——WindI am only usefulWhen I am full,Yet I am alwaysFull of holes.——sieve (or sponge)If you break meI do not stop working,If you touch meI may be snared,If you lose meNothing will matter. ——HeartIf a man carried my burden He would break his back.I am not rich,But leave silver in my track. ——SnailUntil I am measuredI am not known,Yet how you miss meWhen I have flown.——TimeI drive men madFor love of me,Easily beaten,Never free.——GoldWhen set looseI fly away,Never so cursedAs when I go astray.——A fartI go around in circlesBut always straight ahead, Never complainNo matter where I am led. ——Wagon wheelLighter than whatI am made of,More of me is hiddenThan is seen.——icebergI turn around once,What is out will not get in.I turn around again,What is in will not get out. ——stopcockEach morning I appearTo lie at your feet,All day I will followNo matter how fast you run, Yet I nearly perishIn the midday sun. ——ShadowBright as diamonds,Loud as thunder,Never still,A thing of wonder.——waterfall? (fireworks?)My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured.Thin, I am quickFat, I am slowWind is my foe.——candleTo unravel meYou need a simple key,No key that was madeBy locksmith's hand,But a key that only IWill understand.——cipherI am seen in the waterIf seen in the sky,I am in the rainbow,A jay's feather,And lapis lazuli.——blueGlittering pointsThat downward thrust,Sparkling spearsThat never rust.——icicleYou heard me before,Yet you hear me again,Then I die,'Till you call me again.——echoThree lives have I.Gentle enough to soothe the skin, Light enough to caress the sky, Hard enough to crack rocks.——waterYou can see nothing elseWhen you look in my face,I will look you in the eyeAnd I will never lie.——your reflectionLovely and round,I shine with pale light,grown in the darkness,A lady's delight.——pearlAt the sound of me, men may dream Or stamp their feetAt the sound of me, women may laugh Or sometimes weep——musicWhen I am filledI can point the way,When I am emptyNothing moves me,I have two skinsOne without and one within.——gloveMy tines be long,My tines be shortMy tines end ereMy first report.What am I?——lightningWith thieves I consort,With the vilest, in short,I'm quite at ease in depravity;Yet all divines use me,And savants can't lose me,For I am the center of gravity.——The letter 'v'.As a whole, I am both safe and secure.Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?——stableI sought my first in starry skiesWhere shines the April sun;My second came before my eyes,And warned me to be done.'Tis very hard to lose one's sight;I'm blind as bat or mole;Once hills and fields were my delight,Now I'm no more my whole.Solution ?My first is high,My second damp,My whole a tie,A writer's cramp.Solution ?A hundred and oneby fifty divide,And if a cipheris rightly applied,The answer is one from nine.Solution ?What does man love more than lifeFear more than death or mortal strifeWhat the poor have, the rich require,and what contented men desire,What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves And all men carry to their graves?——nothingI build up castles.I tear down mountains.I make some men blind,I help others to see.What am I?——sandRipped from my mother's womb,Beaten and burned,I become a blood-thirsty slayerWhat am I?——iron ore。