by Francis William Bourdillon (1852 - 1921)
The night has a thousand eyes See original
Language: English
Our translations: GER
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "The night has a thousand eyes", op. 26 (Eleven songs for voice and piano) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Boston : A.P. Schmidt
Text Authorship:
- by Francis William Bourdillon (1852 - 1921), "Light", appears in Among the Flowers, first published 1878
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Walter A. Aue) , "Viel tausend Augen hat die Nacht", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 46