Crushed before the Moth 2

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Manuscript: 
Transcription: 
[editor's note: written in pencil in right
corner of page]:
Waif of the summer night
A myth in velvet dust
Frail devotee of light
Shivering in idle quest
 
Tinted with Tyrian dyes
A hint of tropic heat
Faint in the early morning
Thy silly life complete
 
[editor's note: title marked with pencil
parentheses]
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_"crushed before the moth"_      
         Job .
 
[editor's note: written in pencil on left side
of page and above typescript body]:
Whose foundation is
in the dust which are
crushed before the moth- Job
 
1 A myth in velvet dust, 2
  4 Frail devotee of light
So bent of idle quest! 3
2    Waif of the Summer night; 1
1 Tinted with Tyrian dyes,
2     A hint of tropic heat–
3 Faint in the morning light dawn
  4   Thy silly life  complete.
 
   O man of pride and boast,
     Is this thy stronger host?
   Thou'rt"crushed before the moth"  .
 
[editor's note: written in pencil beneath
typescript]:
 Frail devotee of light
 
1  A myth in velvet dust
Waif of the Summer night
Spiraling in idle quest
    Waif of the Summer night
4 Frail devotee of light