A Few Figs from Thistles
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Read between January 29 - February 5, 2021
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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!
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Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand:   Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
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I loved you Wednesday,—yes—but what     Is that to me?
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Oh, the things I haven't seen and the things I haven't known.
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With him for a sire and her for a dam,   What should I be but just what I am?
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Was it for this I uttered prayers,   And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,   That now, domestic as a plate,   I should retire at half-past eight?