"The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun."
Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921), British poet. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (l. 1-4). . .
Oxford Book of Short Poems, The. P. J. Kavanagh and James Michie, eds. Oxford University Press. |
"the light of a whole life dies
When love is gone."
Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921), British poet. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (l. 7-8). . .
Oxford Book of Short Poems, The. P. J. Kavanagh and James Michie, eds. Oxford University Press. |
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