Francis William Bourdillon
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Francis William Bourdillon (March 22, 1852 - January 13, 1921) was a British poet and translator.
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[edit] Life
He was educated at Worcester College, Oxford. He acted as tutor to the sons of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Later he did tutoring for the University of Eastbourne, and lived in Eastbourne[1], and near Midhurst, Sussex.[2]
[edit] Writer
He is known mostly for his poetry, and in particular the single short poem The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. He in fact had many collections published, from Among The Flowers, And Other Poems (1878) to Gerard and Isabel: a Romance in Form of Cantefable (1921), and including a Chryseis, and Preludes and Romances (1908).
In 1896 he published Nephelé, a romantic novel. He translated Aucassin et Nicolette as Aucassin and Nicolet (1887), wrote a scholarly work The Early Editions of the Roman de la Rose (1906), Russia Reborn (1917), and published a number of essays with the Religious Tract Society.
[edit] The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Finnish melodic deathmetal band Insomnium used this poem for a chorus in the song Drawn To Black from their latest album, Above The Weeping World.
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.sussexhistory.co.uk/eastbourne-memories/eastbourne-memories%20-%200155.htm
- ^ Nicholas Albery (editor), Poem for the Day, p. 89.
[edit] External links
- Poems by Francis Bourdillon
- Works by or about Francis William Bourdillon in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
