Living
Riddle 40
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
At my first was my friend.
We went for my last;
I ’d a half-hour to spend,
At my first was my friend;
As we went round the bend
O’er my total we passed.
At my first was my friend,
We went for my last.
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Codex Note
Answer: SIDEWALK
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 40.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/157/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 40.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/157/.
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