Brain Teasers
The Sluggish Stream
In sluggish stream I flowed from rifted rocks,
As flames broke up the stones, and fire applied
The unleashed ardour of the furnace-heat;
My form capacious now is clear as ice.
Yea, many long to hold me in their hand,
Fingering my slippery shape in dainty grasp;
But I befool their minds, and while I lay
Sweet kisses on their lips that press me close,
And urge their tottering footsteps to a fall.
As flames broke up the stones, and fire applied
The unleashed ardour of the furnace-heat;
My form capacious now is clear as ice.
Yea, many long to hold me in their hand,
Fingering my slippery shape in dainty grasp;
But I befool their minds, and while I lay
Sweet kisses on their lips that press me close,
And urge their tottering footsteps to a fall.
Answer
GlassHide Answer Show Answer
What Next?
View a Similar Brain Teaser...
If you become a registered user you can vote on this riddle, keep track of which ones you have seen, and even make your own.
Solve a Puzzle
Comments
Good teaser, although I would have appreciated a breakdown of all the clues in the answer.
I kind of don't get it.
i got it up until the sweet kisses part... what was that about?
The poem itself: EXCEPTIONAL JOB, if you actually are the one who wrote it.
The clues, in the first half, I get. In the second half...I don't so much understand. Why do so many people want to hold glass? Why does the glass kiss us? Why does glass make us fall?
The clues, in the first half, I get. In the second half...I don't so much understand. Why do so many people want to hold glass? Why does the glass kiss us? Why does glass make us fall?
To post a comment, please create an account and sign in.
Follow Braingle!