English Poetry. Edna St. Vincent Millay. First Fig. Эдна Сент-Винсент Миллей.

Edna St. Vincent Millay (Эдна Сент-Винсент Миллей)

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’s other poems:

1. Inland
2. Two Sonnets in Memory
3. When the Year Grows Old
4. Not Even My Pride Shall Suffer Much
5. Sonnets 09: Let You Not Say Of Me When I Am Old

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