Living
Riddle 10
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
My first was into prison cast,
An angel made my first my last.
My first was hanged; with silent tread
The mourners came to view the dead.
Fair Enid, so the legends say,
Upon my total rode away.
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Codex Note
Answer: PALFREY
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 10.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/127/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 10.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/127/.
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