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FOUR CHARADES: 1 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY FIRST IS NO PROOF OF MY SECOND
Last Line: YOU SHOW YOURSELF CLEARLY MY WHOLE.
Subject(s): RIDDLES; FAITH;
My first is no proof of my second,
Though my second's a proof of my first:
If I were my whole I should tell you
Quite freely my best and my worst.

One clue more: if you fail to discover
My meaning, you're blind as a mole;
But if you will frankly confess it,
You show yourself clearly my whole.



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