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Burned Out

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Blow out the light: there is no oil to feed it:          That dim blue light unworthy of the name.     Better to sit with folded hands, I say,     And wait for night to pass, and bring the day,          Than to depend upon that flickering flame.     Take back your vow: there is no love to bind it:          Take back this little shining, golden thing.     Better to walk on bravely all alone,     Than strive to hold up, or retain our own,          By soulless pledge, or fetter of a ring.     When first the lamp was lit, too high you turned it;          The oil was wasted in a blinding blaze.     Your passion was too ardent in the start -     Set by the lamp: farewell.    God gird the heart          Through darkened hours, and lone and loveless ways.

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