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Francis William Bourdillon
1852-1921

THE night has a thousand eyes,

And the day but one;

Yet the light of a bright world dies

When day is done.

The mind has a thousand eyes,

And the heart but one;

Yet the light of a whole life dies

When love is done.

 

Bourdillon

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