Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. ✨…

William Shakespeare
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Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. ✨ William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1817). The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and Others, p.279
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Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. ✨ William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens (1817). The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Dr. Johnson, G. Steevens, and Others, p.279

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