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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXPERIENCE: EMBERS, by MILDRED WHITNEY STILLMAN
First Line: It is not your fault, and you need not know
Last Line: No heat, no light.
Subject(s): Fire
First Line: It is not your fault, and you need not know
Last Line: No heat, no light.
Subject(s): Fire
It is not your fault, and you need not know
If the too sudden glow
Has dimmed to ashen ember.
I will bring in your cordwood just the same
As though there still were flame,
As though I still could warm my hands and face
At your fireplace.
And for the sake of all that I remember
I will sit with you, though there come with night
No heat, no light.
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