Living
Riddle 91
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,”
How often we ’ve heard those old words,
And my total, I have it on evidence strong,
Is exactly the worth of two birds.
The dome of St. Paul’s is my first, my last;
The dome of St. Peter’s is, too;
But if you should go there and see for yourself,
You would say that this is n’t true.
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Codex Note
Answer: FARTHING
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 91.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/208/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 91.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/208/.
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