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SONGS OF NEW YORK: THE LIGHTS by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE

First Line: TEN THOUSAND JEWELS FLASH OUT
Last Line: TILL THE STARS HAVE FADED AWAY.
Subject(s): LIGHT; NEW YORK CITY; TEARS; MANHATTAN; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; THE BIG APPLE;
TEN thousand jewels flash out
When the darkness of night appears;
But O I sometimes think these pearls
Are ten thousand people's tears --

Ten thousand tears that are shed
Through the terrible strife of the day,
And doomed to shine through the city's night
Till the stars have faded away.



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