The Two Heavens

The Two Heavens written by William Henry Davies

From "Secrets", 1924

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When, with my window opened wide at night,
To look at yonder stars with their round light,
In motion shining beautiful and clear -
As I look up, there comes this sudden fear:
That, down on earth, too dark for me to see,
Some homeless wretch looks up in misery;
And, like a man that's guilty of a sin,
I close my blinds, and draw my body in,
Still thinking of that Heaven, I dare not take
Another look, because of that man's sake;
Who in the darkness, with his mournful eyes
Has made my lighted home his paradise.

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