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BONINI'S M ANGER
Phone Kearny 895 609 WASHINGTON ST.
UNIQUE
Italian Dinner
San Francisco,
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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 greetings and 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 I spent with thee!
To who sit beside this lava flow
Of melting wax and drink tonight Life's wine,
I send a spirit handclasp 'cross the board
And wish here the
that once was mine!
joy
- LANNIE HAYNES MARTIN
San Francisco, Cal.
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