The Night has a thousand eyes,
And the Day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921) English poet
“Light,” The Spectator (Oct 1873)
Quotations by:
Bourdillon, Francis William
As strong, as deep, as wide as is the sea,
Though by the wind made restless as the wind,
By billows fretted and by rocks confined,
So strong, so deep, so wide my love for thee.Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921) English poet
“Sonnet II” (1874)