Living
Riddle 78
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
I was sitting in my study--
In my first the fire was ruddy,
And I watched it as I idly clasped my whole;
Though a sober man I ’m reckoned,
To my lips I raised my second,
For I never was addicted to the bowl.
I was waiting for my daughter,
And at last I went and sought her--
She has tresses like a golden aureole;
But she hastily retreated,
For her face was flushed and heated,
And her pretty curls were clustering round my whole.
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Codex Note
Answer: PIPESTEM
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 78.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/195/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 78.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/195/.
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