Lionel Pigot Johnson

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    Alone he rides, alone,
    The fair and fatal king:
    Dark night is all his own,
    That strange and solemn thing.
    Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)

    Dark Angel, with thine aching lust
    To rid the world of penitence:
    Malicious Angel, who still dost
    My soul such subtile violence!

    Because of thee, no thought, no thing,
    Abides for me undesecrate:
    Dark Angel, ever on the wing,
    Who never reachest me too late!
    —Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)

    Alone he rides, alone,
    The fair and fatal king:
    Dark night is all his own,
    That strange and solemn thing.
    Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)

    Sombre and rich, the skies;
    Great glooms, and starry plains.
    Gently the night wind sighs;
    Else a vast silence reigns.
    —Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)

    There may be other reasons for a man’s not speaking in publick than want of resolution: he may have nothing to say.
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)