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First Fig

by Edna St. Vincent Millay·1920·A Few Figs from Thistles

First published in A Few Figs from Thistles (New York: Frank Shay, 1920).

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--
It gives a lovely light!

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