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Flame and Shadow

by Sara Teasdale

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The Wine

I cannot die, who drank delight
   From the cup of the crescent moon,
  And hungrily as men eat bread,
   Loved the scented nights of June.

The rest may die—but is there not
   Some shining strange escape for me
  Who sought in Beauty the bright wine
   Of immortality?

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