Living
Riddle 29
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
To win my first men struggle all their lives,--
Yet willingly present it to their wives.
The wise man no great fortune has amassed,
But lives his life contented with my last.
An infant is my whole at early age;
And Lot’s wife was my whole on Scripture’s page.
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Codex Note
Answer: NAMELESS
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Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 29.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/146/.
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Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 29.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/146/.
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