A1 translucent paper, highlighters and black ink pen
Pyranine, triphenylmethane, rhodamine, xanthene and coumarin
An unnaturally bright spell
Consequently coloured
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Alternating bonds
Emitting optical radiation at wavelengths longer than those absorbed
‘How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?’ [1]
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Walking in the light
Blinded by light
A flash of blindness
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If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.'[2]
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‘I would rather, I would rather be blind boy
Than to see you walk away, see you walk away from me, yeah
Baby, baby, baby, I’d rather be blind now’ [3]
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[1] Auden, W. H. (1960) The More Loving One in Homage to Clio. London: Random House
[2] Ibid
[3] Ellington, J, James, E, Foster, B (1968) I’d Rather Go Blind. United States: Cadet Records