Put Out The Light, And Then Put Out The Light: If I Quench Thee, Thou Flaming Minister, I Can Again Thy Former Light Restore Should I Repent Me

Put Out The Light, And Then Put Out The Light: If I Quench Thee, Thou Flaming Minister, I Can Again Thy Former Light Restore Should I Repent Me

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Put out the light, and then put out the light:
If I quench thee, thou flaming minister,
I can again thy former light restore
Should I repent me; but once put out thy light,
Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature,
I know not where is that Promethean heat
That can thy light relume.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Othello
-- Act v, Sc. 2

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