Francis William Bourdillon (22 March 1852 – 13 January 1921) was a British poet and translator.
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“Then came the Lord Chamberlain with his white staff,
And all the people began to laugh;
And then the Queen began to speak,
‘You’re welcome home, Sir Francis Drake.’”
—Unknown. Upon Sir Francis Drake’s Return from His Voyage about the World, and the Queen’s Meeting Him (l. 5–8)
“the light of a whole life dies
When love is gone.”
—Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921)