Famous quotes containing the words lionel pigot johnson, pigot johnson, lionel pigot, lionel, pigot and/or johnson:
“The saddest of all kings
Crowned, and again discrowned.”
—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)
“Vanquished in life, his death
By beauty made amends:
The passing of his breath
Won his defeated ends.”
—Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)
“frog pond ...
a leaf falls in
without a sound”
—Bernard Lionel Einbond (b. 1937)
“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)
“Throw the children into the river; civilization has given us too
many.
It is better to die than to grow up and find that you are colored.
Pluck the stars out of the heavens. The stars mark our destiny. The
stars marked my destiny.
I am tired of civilization.”
—Fenton Johnson (1886–1958)