"Midnight Oil" by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
From Millay, Edna St. Vincent. A Few Figs From Thistles New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. p. 30.
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MIDNIGHT OIL
CUT if you will, with Sleep's dull knife,
Each day to half its length, my friend,–
The years that Time takes off my life
He'll take from off the other end!
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