4 Quotes & Sayings By Francis William Bourdillon

Francis William Bourdillon was born 17 January 1817 at Oxton, Northumberland. He was the son of a farmer. He had no formal education until he joined the army at age fourteen and served for four years. In 1832 he became a student at Oxton Grammar School and began to study mathematics and made rapid progress Read more

At sixteen, encouraged by his schoolmaster, Mr. Waller, he began to study medicine at Newcastle upon Tyne and went on to become a doctor of medicine (MRCS). In 1838 he returned to Oxton Grammar School as a medical master and taught for over thirty years.

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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
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The night has a thousand eyes And the day but one Yet the light of the bright world dies with the dying sun. Francis William Bourdillon
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The Night has a thousand eyes The Day but one Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. Francis William Bourdillon