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fire is beautifuland we know that if we gettoo close it will kill usbut what does that matterit is better to be happy for a momentand be burned up with beautythan to live a long timeand be bored all the while
fire is beautifuland we know that if we gettoo close it will kill usbut what does that matterit is better to be happy for a momentand be burned up with beautythan to live a long timeand be bored all the while
Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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- Don Marquis
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- Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Don Marquis: life dates 1878 to 1937. Wikidata Q321378, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321378 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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