Francis William Bourdillon
Who is Francis William Bourdillon
Francis William Bourdillon (22 March 1852 at Runcorn, Cheshire, England – 13 January 1921 at Buddington, Midhurst) was a British poet and translator. He is known also as a bibliophile.
Life
Born at Trinity Parsonage, Halton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, Francis William Bourdillon was the eldest son of Rev. Francis Bourdillon, the author, at that time perpetual curate of Runcorn. He was educated at Haileybury College and Worcester College, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1877, M.A. 1882. From 1876 to 1879, he acted as tutor to the sons of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein.Later Bourdillon lived in Eastbourne, and near Midhurst, Sussex. His friends included Audrey Boyle (1853/4–1916), later as wife of Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, known as Audrey Lady Tennyson.
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Francis William Bourdillon Poems
- The Heart Cry
She turned the page of wounds and death
With trembling fingers. In a breath
The gladness of her life became
Naught but a memory and a name.
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- A Violinist
THE LARK above our heads doth know
A heaven we see not here below;
She sees it, and for joy she sings;
Then falls with ineffectual wings.
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- Excelsior
If one should strive to reach a star,
He would not build a ladder high,
Seek foot by foot to climb so far,
And step by step ascend the sky;
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- The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
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- The Piper
The dews were on the hedges,
The mist was on the mead,
When down among the sedges
I wrought my pipe of reed.
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- Thouotes: "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
- Wallacestroby: "the night has a thousand eyes,
and the day but one;
yet the light of the bright world dies
with the dying of the 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 (1899)
- Sesametheegg: 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
- Steveleograce1: 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
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