14 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.

The mind has a thousand eyes,

And the heart but one;

Yet the light of a whole life dies

When love is done.

( Francis William Bourdillon )

The Author

Francis William Bourdillon (1852-1921) an English poet, lived at Buddington, England. He attended college at Oxford. Few poets have written more beautiful lines than his “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.”

You Practice

Answer the following questions.

1) What are the eyes of the night?

2) What is the eye of the day?

3) How many eyes does the poet say the mind has?

4) How many eyes does he say the heart has?

5) In which line are we told what the eye of the heart is?