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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. The Snow Storm
  2. When We Are Old And These Rejoicing Veins
  3. Intention to Escape from Him
  4. To S. M.
  5. Scrub


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