Read full poem →(_He lifts her onto the chair by the hearth and now holds the
candle to her face, then draws away with a growing fear of what
other deaths may be there. He advances to the crib, and looks
Dictionary Entry
A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “candle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →He feared. He shook powder into the wine,
And holding it up so the candle's shine
Sparked a ruby through its heart,
Read full poem →A year drags after morning, and night
Starts another year of candle light.
O Pausing Sun and Lingering Moon!
Read full poem →Ere the white sun comes--
A gay child that bears a white candle--
I am afraid of their rustling,
Read full poem →The room is filled with lisps and whispers. Something mutters.
One candle drowns and the other gutters. Is that the rain
which pads and patters, is it the wind through the winding entries
Read full poem →The inkstand is full of ink, and the paper lies white and unspotted,
in the round of light thrown by a candle. Puffs of darkness sweep into
the corners, and keep rolling through the room behind his chair. The air
Read full poem →He sickened, loathing it, and as he gazed
The candle guttered, flared, and then went out.
Read full poem →The Poet came home at evening,
And in the candle-light
He wiped and polished his cane.
Read full poem →shot with some difficulty sardines. Mr. Wiggin took Wrs. Miggin’s harm
in is, extinguishing the spitoon by a candle furnished by courtesy of
the management on Thursdays, opposite which a church stood perfectly
Read full poem →Said Pete McCue: "I lit a candle
And held it up to the winder pane.