First Fig

Edna St. Vincent Millay's four-line poem of a candle that burns at both ends.

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!

Famous lines

• 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!

  In context

  • Life & Death