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All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above-- Know that you aren't alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all your years.

Vikram Seth

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Vikram Seth
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 20
Librettist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Calcutta
Love
Alone
Emptiness
World
Left
Tonight
Night
Aren
Hands
Tears
Two
Ones
Whole
Share
Right
Hand
Shares
Years
Sleep
Nights

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