Lionel Johnson: Quotes about the soul

Lionel Johnson was English poet. Explore interesting quotes on soul.
Lionel Johnson: 40 quotes0 likes

“Tempter! should I escape thy flame,
Thou wilt have helped my soul from Death:”

Lionel Johnson

The Dark Angel (1895)
Context: p>I fight thee, in the Holy Name!
Yet, what thou dost, is what God saith:
Tempter! should I escape thy flame,
Thou wilt have helped my soul from Death:The second Death, that never dies,
That cannot die, when time is dead:
Live Death, wherein the lost soul cries,
Eternally uncomforted.</p

“Our wearier spirit faints,
Vexed in the world‘s employ:
His soul was of the saints;
And art to him was joy.”

Lionel Johnson

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

“Now from the broken tower, what solemn bell still tolls,
Mourning what piteous death? Answer, O saddened souls!
Who mourn the death of beauty and the death of grace.”

Lionel Johnson

The Age of a Dream (1890)

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

Lionel Johnson

The Dark Angel (1895)