Lionel Johnson Quotes

• While death and darkness girdle me
  I grope for immortality.

  Lionel Johnson

  Darkness, Immortality, Girdles

  Lionel Pigot Johnson (1953). “Complete Poems”

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• Sombre and rich, the skies;
  Great glooms, and starry plains.
  Gently the night wind sighs;
  Else a vast silence reigns.

  Lionel Johnson

  Night, Wind, Sky

  Lionel Pigot Johnson, “By The Statue Of King Charles At Charing Cross”

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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 Johnson

  Stars, Sleep, Cities

  Lionel Johnson (1917). “Poetical Works of Lionel Johnson”

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• Yeats, you need ten years in the library, but I have need of ten years in the wilderness.

  Lionel Johnson

  Years, Library, Needs

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