Thursday, September 22, 2011

Charade no. 4

My first those who know it would willingly shun,
As destructive of pleasure, of health, and of peace;
But those who despise it are often undone,
And when we reject it its pow'rs we increase.
My second is by comparison little,
Yet joined to my first has surprising effect;
It subtracts by addition, and forms to a tittle
My whole which from puzzles like this you expect.

3 comments:

Sarah said...

ok, let's have a stab.....








Harmless

ByMyFirst said...

Close! A creditable guess. This is one of the cases where more that one answer is possible, but Sarah's guess isn't exactly the same as the published one.

ByMyFirst said...

The answer is. . .

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"Careless"!