Living
Riddle 7
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
My first, although of use to men
Is scarcely worth a stiver;
But when a twin, it cannot then
Be managed by a driver.
My first ’s my second and my third,
A thread is wound around it;
I lost it once, and on my word,
’T was by my whole I found it.
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Codex Note
Answer: SCRUTINY
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 7.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/124/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 7.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/124/.
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