Edna St. Vincent Millay? Samuel Hoffenstein? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: A candle burning at both ends provides magnificent radiance for a short time. The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay constructed a brilliant metaphorical verse based on this observation. Would you please help me to find a citation? Quote Investigator: In June 1918 “Poetry: A Magazine …
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