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VESPERS by AMY LOWELL

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First Line: LAST NIGHT, AT SUNSET
Last Line: I SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD THEIR BURNING.
Subject(s): CANDLES;
LAST night, at sunset,
The foxgloves were like tall altar candles.
Could I have lifted you to the roof of the green-house, my Dear,
I should have understood their burning.



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