Francis William Bourdillon (22 March 1852 – 13 January 1921 / Runcorn, Cheshire)

''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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