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.
Francis Bourdillon (1873) The Night has a Thousand Eyes
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Thomas Browne (1658) Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial
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.
Francis Bourdillon (1873) The Night has a Thousand Eyes
But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of Bravery, in the infamy of his nature. Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.
Thomas Browne (1658) Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial
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