<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371531" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet: Life’s Candle Flame</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our life is like a candle-wick aflame, <br>Whose glowing brightness drives darkness away, <br>And keeps on burning though a fierce Wind came, <br>To sputter, spew forth smoke, all night ‘til day. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A blowing Gale can make us burn too fast; <br>The wind can put the flame off premature; <br>Both wick and wax must synchronously last; <br>Our teacher best is dear Mother Nature. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">How long each candle lasts? No one can tell; <br>How bright the flame can be? Depends on us; <br>Yet, some waste wick and wax to burn like hell! <br>God expects us to burn steady sans fuss.<br> <br>A candle ought to light the world that’s dark; <br>Yet, burn with steadiness without a spark! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> 5-18-2002 by Dr John Celes</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371531" data-title="Sonnet: Life’s Candle Flame de John Celes" data-description="Our life is like a candle-wick aflame, Whose glowing brightness drives darkness away, And keeps on burning though a fierce Wind came, To sputter, spew forth smoke, all night ‘til day. A blowing Gale can make us burn too fast; The wind can ..."></div> </div> </div>

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