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.