Living
Riddle 38
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
Great Shakespeare was my first; yet when he died
He left my first. By loving hands his clay
Was laid my second in the tomb. And now
His tombstone to the traveler seems to speak,
And say, “My second! here ’s my first!”
The fair Ophelia, gentle, hapless soul,
Sank to a watery grave beneath my whole.
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Codex Note
Answer: WILLOW
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 38.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/155/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 38.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/155/.
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