The night has a thousand eyes (Frank Valentine Van der Stucken)

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• (Posted 2023-12-14)  CPDL #78206:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-14).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 320 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The night has a thousand eyes
Composer: Frank Valentine Van der Stucken
Lyricist: Francis William Bourdillon
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1909 G. Schirmer
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Original text and translations

English text

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

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