THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES
.....By Francis William Bourdillon, 1852-1921
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.
I love this poem. Haven't we all thought of a million reasons to not do something, only to have our heart tell us the opposite? And which do we listen to? After reading this many many years ago, I always make sure I tell my head to shut up....
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7 comments:
Gorgeous poem.
A beautiful piece!
mmmmmm.....
gorgeous.
in a bitter sweet kind of way.
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Thank you so much for that. It's beautiful!
Nice post - and yes, certainly worth a reminder every now and again!
Very evocative.
The mind also has a thousand voices, which make a lot more noise than one - which is why it's so hard to even hear the heart sometimes.
I guess that just makes it even more important to stop and check how it's going - like being in the middle of a noisy conversation and remembering to ask the unobtrustive, but wise, person sitting calmly in the corner what they think...
I remember this poem from a book I had as a kid! Thanks for reminding me!
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