A Candle

There is a thing which in the light
Is seldom us'd ; but in the night
It serves the maiden female crew.
The ladies, and the good-wives too.
They use to take it in their hand.
And then it will uprightly stand ;
And to a hole they it apply.
Where by its good- will it would die :
It spends, goes out, and still within
It leaves its moisture thick and thin.