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.
-- Francis William Bourdillon
So much to ponder here, I'm going to have to read more Bourdillon since I hadn't heard of him until I looked up the inscription I found handwritten in my very old copy of Paradise Lost.
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