• Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading.

  W. H. Auden
  American poet
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. reflection
2. enthralled
3. beauty
4. fading
5. years

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Narcissus does not fall in love with his reflection because it is beautiful, but because it is his. If it were his beauty that enthralled him, he would be set free in a few years by its fading. by : W. H. Auden

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