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WARNING by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FLY AWAY, O WHITE-WINGED MOTH!
Last Line: YOU'RE TOO SLIGHT FOR LOVE.
Subject(s): MOTHS;

FLY away, O white-winged moth!
Wherefore burn your tender wings?
Fatal is the flame you love
To such gauzy things.

That too ardent crimson ray
Only steel may safely prove:
Use your wings to fly away --
You're too slight for love.



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