Lionel Pigot Johnson

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    The saddest of all kings
    Crowned, and again discrowned.
    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)

    Yet, when the city sleeps;
    When all the cries are still:
    The stars and heavenly deeps
    Work out a perfect will.
    Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)

    frog pond ...
    a leaf falls in
    without a sound
    —Bernard Lionel Einbond (b. 1937)

    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)

    Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)