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First Fig

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.

from: 'A Few Figs from Thistles' (1920)
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892, Rockland, ME - 1950, Austerlitz, NY)

October 8th, 2007

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