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O WEARY night, O weary day, / When heart's delight is far away!
What is the day? A frame of blue / The vacant-glaring sun grins through.
What is the night? A sable veil / Through which the moon peers tired and pale.
O weary day! O weary night! / How far away is heart's delight!
Love hung the sun in his high place / To give me light to see her face, / And love spread out the veil of night / To hide us two from all men's sight.
O kindly night, O pleasant day, / Your use is gone -- why should ye stay? / My heart's delight is far away, / O weary night, O weary day.