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

  1. ^ http://www.sussexhistory.co.uk/eastbourne-memories/eastbourne-memories%20-%200155.htm
  2. ^ Nicholas Albery (editor), Poem for the Day, p. 89.

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