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A MINOR POET by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR

First Line: THE FIREFLY, FLICKERING ABOUT
Last Line: TO MAKE A SUMMER EVENING GAY.
Subject(s): FIREFLIES; GLOWWORMS;

THE firefly, flickering about
In busy brightness, near and far
Lets not his little lamp go out
Because he cannot be a star.
He only seeks, the hour he lives,
Bravely his tiny part to play,
And all his being freely gives
To make a summer evening gay.



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