Blacklight

If I take your candle by the right end

DMI number:
7718
First Line:
If I take your candle by the right end
Last Line:
Near twenty-six minutes the first inch will spend
Poem Genre / Form:
Answer/reply, Couplet, and Distich
Themes:
Time and Science[mathematical solution]
Content/Publication
Title:
Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [June 1711]
Page No(s):
p.227
Poem Title:
The Second Question answer'd
Attribution:
By Mr. Amos Fish
Attributed To:
Amos Fish