Living
Riddle 41
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
Ah, distinctly I remember
’T was my first and not December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor,
Eagerly I wished the morrow,
Vainly I had sought to borrow
In my last, surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore.
For my whole so rare and radiant,
Whom the angels name Lenore--
Nameless here forevermore.
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Codex Note
Answer: MAIDEN
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 41.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/158/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 41.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/158/.
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