THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES. BY FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON.
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Francis William Bourdillon was born in Woolbeding in 1852. Re received his education at Worcester College, Oxford, and was afterwards a private tutor to the sons of the Prince and Princess Christian. A few of his published works are, “Among the Flowers and Other Poems,” 1874; “Ailes d’Alouette,” 1891; “A Lost God,” 1892; and “Sursum Corda,” 1893.
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.