Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RIDDLE, by WILLIAM COWPER



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First Line: I am just two and two, I am warm, I am cold
Last Line: And yielded with pleasure when taken by force.


I AM just two and two, I am warm, I am cold,
And the parent of numbers that cannot be told,
I am lawful, unlawful--a duty, a fault,--
I am often sold dear, good for nothing when bought;
An extraordinary boon, and a matter of course,
And yielded with pleasure when taken by force.





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