The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Francis William Bourdillon

1852 to 1921

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The night has a thousand eyes,
   And the but one;
Yet the light of the bright world
   With the dying sun.

The mind has a eyes,
   And the heart but one:
Yet the of a whole life dies
   When love is done.