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First Line: See how the glow-worm's light is found
Last Line: The knowledge that is in a kiss.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Fidelity; Fireflies; Faithfulness; Constancy; Glowworms


See how the glow-worm's light is found
To shine upon a nameless mound:
So, though my lover's life is false,
In being true to none,
And, like that worm's, his beauty shines
Upon a past unknown;
Yet still I ask no more than this --
The knowledge that is in a kiss.





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