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Quotation from Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare

“Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which whiles it lasted gave King Henry light”

William Shakespeare (spoken by Clifford)

Henry VI, Part 3, Act 2, Scene 6 (Project Gutenberg #1502 (Folio-based modern-spelling text))

The wounded Clifford speaks his last before fainting; he sees his life as the light of the Lancastrian cause.

Citation: "Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which whiles it lasted gave King Henry light" — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act 2, Scene 6 (Project Gutenberg #1502 (Folio-based modern-spelling text)). (id henry-vi-part-3-q5)

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