Poems of Philip Henry Savage / Philip Henry Savage [electronic text]

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Title

Author

Savage, Philip Henry, 1868-1899

Publication

Boston: Small, Maynard, and Company

1900

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"Poems of Philip Henry Savage / Philip Henry Savage [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAD0829.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.

Pages

XII

THE FIRE-FLY

 TO-DAY as writing in the park I sat, came twilight and the dark. There as I watched the color run In waves above the sunken sun, A lightning-bug, (for candle), took His post just here upon my book. His wing he raised, his golden urn Of fire he let a moment burn. Pray, for his sake, behold this line With a not common brightness shine.