Francis Bourdillon
Francis Bourdillon
costs course few fleeting pleasure single soul thousand
So, often in the course Of life's few fleeting years, A single pleasure costs The soul a thousand tears.
dies heart life love mind thousand
The mind has a thousand eyes. And the heart but one; Yet the life of a whole life dies When love is done.
bright dying light night thousand
The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies, With the dying sun.
few fleeting pleasure single soul thousand
So, often in the courseOf life's few fleeting years,A single pleasure costsThe soul a thousand tears.
bright dying light night thousand
The night has a thousand eyes,And the day but one;Yet the light of the bright world dies,With the dying sun.