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MEGEIAN
THE MANGER RESTAURANT, 611 Washington Street, San Francisco, Calif.
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The Manger Restaurant
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(FORMERLY BONINI'S MANGER]
ATTILIO MOISO MICHELE CIVAROLO
Proprietors
611 Washington Street
San Francisco, Calif.
Unique Luncheons and Dinners
Phone GArfield 9402 for Reservations Closed on Sunday
The Manger's Magic Candlestick
A thousand nights the crimson candle burned;
A thousand perfumed nights, and from its breast
Ran blood red drops that wrote in hieroglyph
The hopes that longing eyes to eyes confessed.
And when a thousand nights and one were come
We two beneath the candle's magic spell
Saw Life and Love and Passion pass and smile
With rosy greeting and a dim farewell.
Ah! When for me Life's candle shall wax old
And Joy's mad flame no more shall burn for me
Then on my soul let tracery be found
Of that one perfect night spent with thee!
To you lwho sit beside this lava flow
Of melting wax and drink tonight Life's wine,
I send a spirit handclasp 'cross the board
And wish you here the joy that once was mine!
Here where the now re-lighted candle burns
The vanished spirit of Romance returns
And all the dreams of youth revive and sing
of love and high adventuring.
LANNIE HAYNES MARTIN
