Unseemly are the open eyes
That watch the midnight sheep,
That look upon the secret skies
Nor close, abashed, in sleep;
That see the dawn drag in, unbidden,
To birth another day-
Oh, better far their gaze were hidden
Below the decent clay.
Sight
Dorothy Parker
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Poem topics: birth, sleep, hidden, sheep, secret, open, gaze, watch, Valentine's Day, dawn, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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