First Fig
First Fig
Original Text
Edna St. Vincent Millay, A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Sonnets (New York and London: Harper, 1922): 1. PS 3525 I495F4 Robarts Library.
1My candle burns at both ends;
2 It will not last the night;
3But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends --
4 It gives a lovely light!
Publication Start Year
1918
Publication Notes
Published in Poetry
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
RPO 1998.
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