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Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay


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!



Edna St. Vincent Millay


Edna St. Vincent Millay's other poems:
  1. Sometimes When I Am Wearied
  2. When You, That at This Moment
  3. I See So Clearly Now My Similar Years
  4. Lord Archer, Death
  5. She Filled Her Arms with Wood


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