Living
Riddle 90
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
I ’d oft be thankful, could I be my whole;
And yet I would not always be my whole;
I woo my first, that I may be my whole;
Cockneys call her my last; but in my whole
When to my first I go, I am my whole.
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Codex Note
Answer: SLEEPER
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 90.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/207/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 90.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/207/.
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