Living
Riddle 73
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
My first is old and yellow,
Withered and seamed by age;
A most discerning fellow,
Oracular and sage.
My last comes in the winter,
But not in storm or blast;
The sluggard and the printer
Will often take my last.
My whole is a goddess of fabulous fame.
Or a long line of articles, somewhat the same.
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Codex Note
Answer: CERES (SERIES)
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Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 73.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/190/.
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Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 73.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/190/.
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