Lionel Johnson: Darkness

Lionel Johnson was English poet. Explore interesting quotes on darkness.

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“Alone he rides, alone,
The fair and fatal king:
Dark night is all his own,
That strange and solemn thing.”

By the Statue of King Charles at Charing Cross (1895)

“Which are more full of fate:
The stars; or those sad eyes?
Which are more still and great:
Those brows; or the dark skies?”

By the Statue of King Charles at Charing Cross (1895)

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

The Dark Angel (1895)