Here, in the bare dark face of night A calm unhurried eye draws sight -We see in what we think we fear The cloudings of our thought made clear. (Iain Banks)

Here, in the bare dark face of night A calm unhurried eye draws sight -We see in what we think we fear The cloudings of our thought made clear.

Iain Banks

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