<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[Pg 52]</SPAN></span></p>
<h3>XVII</h3>
<h3><i>To a Moth</i></h3>
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<span class="i0">Spirit of evil, heavily flying, turning,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Dropping to earth,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Caught to the light, with brown wings torn and burning,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Whence was your birth?<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Was there a cause that, ceaselessly turning, flying,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Drew you from night?<br/></span>
<span class="i0">All that we know is this—the aimless dying,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Killed by the light.<br/></span></div>
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<span class="i0">Evil the star that led you, spirit of evil,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Out of your dark,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Breeding desire that conquers us, man and devil—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Passion’s red spark.<br/></span></div>
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