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The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Francis William Bourdillon

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.