Francis William Bourdillon Light Poems
- 1. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
... - 2. The Regions Of Love
Who knows the deeps, where the water sleeps
Leagues from the light away?
Who knows the heights, where myriad lights
Fill heaven with endless day?
... - 3. Drought
For rain, for rain the parched lands cry,
Reproachful to the cloudless sky.
The hot white fields in light are blinking,
The rivers in their beds are shrinking.
... - 4. On The South Downs
Light falls the rain
On link and laine,
After the burning day;
And the bright scene,
... - 5. Night
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
... - 6. All's Well
Watchman, watchman, what of the night,
What of the night to tell?
The heavens are dark, and never a light
But the far-off flicker of Hell.
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