Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921). Ailes d'Alouette. Robert Bridges, ed. 1916. The Spirit of Man: An Anthology

Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916.

Ailes d’Alouette

Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921)


THE NIGHT 1 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.

Note 1. Bourdillon. ‘Ailes d’Alouette’. Daniel Press. 1890. p. 1. [back]