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Francis William Bourdillon

I lived from 1852-1921. I was from England, and am in the English category.

Bourdillon was a Victorian English poet from Buddington, Sussex. was born on March 22, 1852, and educated at Worcester College, Oxford. He was tutor to Prince and the Princess Christian at Cumberland Lodge.

13 volumes of poems from 1878 to 1921. "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" is one of the many poems that he had written that brought him fame. He also did scholarly editing of poems and chronicles from Old French. His edition and translation of Aucassin & Nicolette came out in 1887. In 1906 the Bibliographical Society published his study, The Early Editions of the Roman de la Rose. He died on January 13, 1921.

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  • Sonnet II
    As strong, as deep, as wide as is the sea,
    Though by the wind made restless as the wind,
    14 lines
  • The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
    The night has a thousand eyes,
        And the day but one;
    8 lines, 3 comments
  • Sonnet I
    Oft had I felt, like pure Endymion,
    Such love for the sweet moon, that I had well
    14 lines
  • The Debt Unpayable
    What have I given,
    Bold sailor on the sea?
    18 lines
  • Christmas Roses
    White-faced Winter Roses,
    O'er the grave I plant you
    8 lines
  • The Heart Cry
    She turned the page of wounds and death
    With trembling fingers. In a breath
    8 lines
  • A Violinist
    THE LARK above our heads doth know
    A heaven we see not here below;
    10 lines
  • A Spring Evening
    Across the Glory of the glowing skies,
    A veil is drawn of shadowed mists that rise
    6 lines
  • The Chantry Of The Cherubim
    O CHANTRY of the Cherubim,
    Down-looking on the stream!
    48 lines
  • The Call
    Hark! 'tis the rush of the horses,
    The crash of the galloping gun!
    18 lines
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