Living
Riddle 88
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
My first, the Scriptures say, in Eden grew.
Pronounce its letters--there ’s my whole for you!
My last name to myself I can’t apply;
My whole, tradition says, could never lie.
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Codex Note
Answer: FIGURE
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 88.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/205/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 88.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/205/.
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