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