Figs from Thistles: 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!
Copyright Credit: Edna St. Vincent Millay, “Figs from Thistles: First Fig” from Poetry 8, issue 3. (Chicago: Poetry Magazine, June 1918.)
Source: Poetry (June 1918)