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SONG by IAN CAMERON

First Line: THY DARK EYES TO MINE, EILIDH
Last Line: A FALLING STAR!
Subject(s): ABSENCE; DESIRE; LONGING; SOUL; SEPARATION; ISOLATION;

Thy dark eyes to mine, Eilidh,
Lamps of desire!
O how my soul leaps
Leaps to their fire!

Sure, now, if I in heaven,
Dreaming in bliss,
Heard but a whisper,
But the lost echo even
Of one such kiss—

All of the Soul of me
Would leap afar—
If that called me to thee,
Aye, I would leap afar
A falling star!



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