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6 Francis William Bourdillon Quotes

Francis William Bourdillon writes poetic, wistful lines that explore love, perception, and the fading of life.

Francis William Bourdillon quotes

  1. 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.

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  1. So, often in the course Of life's few fleeting years, A single pleasure costs The soul a thousand tears.

  2. The light of a whole life dies When love is gone.

  3. The mind has a thousand eyes.

  4. “The night has a thousand eyes and the day only one.”

  5. “I give thee what is most my own - A Dedication by Francis William Bourdillon”