Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHARADE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON


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CHARADE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My first and my second, united, display
Last Line: And his successor came into office next morning.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Family Life; Home; Marriage; Relatives; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


MY first and my second, united, display
A word still encircled with laurel and bay;
Made complete with a k, if you have but my third,
You without more ado will discover the word:
For my whole let the funeral bell be toll'd,
He died in the night when the weather was cold;
He died in the night the same year he was born in,
And his successor came into office next morning.





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