Light
- Bourdillon
William Bourdillon was a British poet and translator. Born in Runcorn, Cheshire, Bourdillon was educated at Worcester Collage Oxford. He acted as tutor to the sons of prince christian of Schleswig- Holstein
He is known mostly for his poetry and in particular the single short poem "The Night Has aThousand Eyes". He in fact had many collections published, including Among The Flowers, And Other poems..
"Light" published in the spectator The poem "The Night Has a Thousand eyes" the night is personified into a person as well as the Daylight.
The night is said to have "A thousand eyes" like God are said to be omnipresent.while the Daylight has one "The light of the bright world dies with the dying sun" , a symbolic representation of Light vs. Darkness occurs while light represents hope renewal or intellectual illumination. Darkness implies the unknown ignorance or despair. The light dying could represent the loss of intelligemce or the lost of something that is pure. In the second stamza, the Night is no longer addressed but the human mind is spoken of and the heart is now porsonified. The lines "The mind has a thousand eyes, and the heart has only your true love in its "thoughts". The last two lines of the second stanza have the Daylights death but the life of an individual dies when their love is finished. The heart represents love and emotions, so when your love is lost then so will your emotions vanish. Ever heard of dying from a broken heart?
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