Living
Riddle 105
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
A Soldier and a sailor met
One day upon the shore;
And one was my first with a coat of my last,
And my whole the other wore.
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Codex Note
Answer: TARTAN
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 105.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/222/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 105.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/222/.
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