Daylicht Has Mony Een.

O! can'le licht's baith braw and bricht     At e'en when bars are drawn,     But can'le licht's a dowie sicht     When dwinin' i' the dawn.     Yet dawn can bring nae wearier day     Than I hae dree'd yestre'en,     An' comin' day may licht my way-     Daylicht has mony een.     Noo, daylicht's fairly creepin' in,     I hear the auld cock craw;     Fu' aft I've banned him for his din,     An' wauk'nin' o' us a'!     But welcome noo's his lichtsome cry     Sin' bed-fast I ha'e been,     It tells anither nicht's gane by-     Daylicht has mony een.     O! bed-fast men are weary men,     Laid by frae a' their wark;     Hoo thocht can kill ye ne'er will ken     Till tholin' 't in the dark.     But ere nicht fa's I'll maybe see     What yet I hinna seen,     A land whaur mirk can never be-     Daylicht has mony een.