Francis William Bourdillon Quotes

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

6 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.

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

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

4. The mind has a thousand eyes.

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

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