Living
Riddle 115
From At the Sign of the Sphinx (Second Series)
Living
My dogs I love, my horses I adore;
They ’re much to me, and yet my last is more.
And though my first is less, my whole I know,
Has ever been my last’s unconquered foe.
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Codex Note
Answer: LESSON
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MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 115.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/232/.
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Wells, Carolyn. “Riddle 115.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/232/.
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