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First Line: Attracted by the lure of candlelight
Last Line: I wonder whether we are moths or men?
Subject(s): Moths


Attracted by the lure of candlelight,
A moth came through the window of my room;
His whirring wings in their delirious flight,
Drew ever narrowing spirals toward the doom
Of fiery darts which pierced and made him fall
A dusty, quiet heap, -- until the breath
Of life began to stir again and call
Another movement in that dance of death.

A fire more dreadful than our dreams of hell,
Is war whose touch is agony and grief;
It has enthralled us in its tragic spell
Although with tears and prayers we ask relief;
But since we always seek the flame again,
I wonder whether we are moths or men?





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