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A CANDLE by JOHN SUCKLING

First Line: THERE IS A THING WHICH IN THE LIGHT
Last Line: IT LEAVES ITS MOISTURE THICK AND THIN.
Subject(s): CANDLES;
There is a thing which in the light
Is seldom used, but in the night
It serves the maiden female crew,
The ladies, and the good-wives too.
They use to take it in their hand,
And then it will uprightly stand;
And to a hole they it apply,
Where by its goodwill it would die;
It spends, goes out, and still within
It leaves its moisture thick and thin.






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