Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921). 'The Night has a thousand Eyes'. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XXVIII. Loneliness
‘The Night has a thousand Eyes’

By Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921)


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,	5
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.