Black Eyes

Black Eyes

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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