The heart, like tapers, takes at beauty's eyes

by Omar Khayyam

The heart, like tapers, takes at beauty's eyes
A flame, and lives by that whereby it dies;
And beauty is a flame where hearts, like moths,
Offer themselves a burning sacrifice.

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