Living
Riddle 68
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
My whole was a queen
Of disconsolate mien
Who built a large pile in the past;
In sorrow immersed,
She vowed to my first,
And that ’s what she vowed to my last.
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Codex Note
Answer: DIDO
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 68.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/185/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 68.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/185/.
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