Living
Riddle 46
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
Hoping my first kind Heaven will send her,
The suppliant prays on bended knee.
Like Little Billee, “young and tender,”
We all desire my last shall be.
So that she might become my whole
God breathed in Eve a living soul.
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Codex Note
Answer: HELPMEET
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 46.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/163/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 46.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/163/.
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