Thursday, May 9, 2013

Weekly Flâneur: A Thousand Eyes

Image of a cherry tree covered in blossoms. Click to enlarge.

"The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" 

by Francis William Bourdillon

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying of the sun.

The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.


Cherry tree at midnight, downtown Charlotte, N.C., Spring 2013

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