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BLACK EYES

BY AVETIS ISAHAKIAN

(Born 1875)

Do not trust black eyes, but fear them:--
    Gloom they are, and endless night;
Woes and perils lurking near them
    Love not thou their gleaming bright!

In my heart a sea of blood wells,
    Called up by their cruel might,
No calm ever in that flood dwells
    Love not thou their gleaming bright!

 


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