But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light's fla…

William Shakespeare
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But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes, Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel, Making a famine where abundance lies, Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel. ✨ William Shakespeare (1840). Poems, p.28
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