Francis William BourdillonThe 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.
About This Quote
When we say “the light of a whole life dies when love is done,” we are saying that the light that is in a person’s heart is gone when everyone who they love has died. The poetess, Emily Dickinson, used this line to explain that if a person tries to hold on to an old love for too long, they will lose the new love that they have for a new person.
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