Lionel Pigot Johnson

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    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)

    Because of thee, the land of dreams
    Becomes a gathering place of fears:
    Until tormented slumber seems
    One vehemence of useless tears.
    —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)

    I wouldn’t pray just for a old man that’s dead because he’s all right. If I was to pray, I’d pray for the folks that’s alive and don’t know which way to turn. Grampa here, he ain’t got no more trouble like that. He’s got his job all cut out for him. So cover him up and let him get to it.
    —Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)