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.

(C) Francis William Bourdillon
04/04/2017


Best Poems of Francis William Bourdillon

• Night
• The Heart Cry
• A Spring Evening
• Old And Young
• The Debt Unpayable
• The Regions Of Love
• The Home Of My Heart
• Two Robbers
• The Piper
• The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
• Drought
• On The South Downs
• Christmas Roses
• The Chantry Of The Cherubim
• Sonnet I
• Here And There
• The Call
• The Acorn
• Eurydice
• Only To Live