Francis William Bourdillon Light Poems

  • 1.
    The night has a thousand eyes,
    And the day but one;
    Yet the light of the bright world dies
    With the dying sun.
    ...
  • 2.
    Who knows the deeps, where the water sleeps
    Leagues from the light away?
    Who knows the heights, where myriad lights
    Fill heaven with endless day?
    ...
  • 3.
    For rain, for rain the parched lands cry,
    Reproachful to the cloudless sky.
    The hot white fields in light are blinking,
    The rivers in their beds are shrinking.
    ...
  • 4.
    Light falls the rain
    On link and laine,
    After the burning day;
    And the bright scene,
    ...
  • 5.
    The night has a thousand eyes,
    And the day but one;
    Yet the light of the bright world dies
    With the dying sun.
    ...
  • 6.
    Watchman, watchman, what of the night,
    What of the night to tell?
    The heavens are dark, and never a light
    But the far-off flicker of Hell.
    ...
Total 6 Light Poems by Francis William Bourdillon

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Because I am mad about women
I am mad about the hills,'
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Those hands to close these eyes,
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