Living
Riddle 50
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
Leaving my whole with grief and pain
Columbus sailed across the main.
He came at last to western lands
And saw the Red Men’s savage bands.
They were my last, they were my first,
Columbus’ fears were then dispersed.
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Codex Note
Answer: KINDRED
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 50.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/167/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 50.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/167/.
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