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)

    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)

    frog pond ...
    a leaf falls in
    without a sound
    —Bernard Lionel Einbond (b. 1937)

    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)

    I am a person. I have feelings. I have needs. I have wants. I’m sittin’ here and nobody sees me. Everybody just looks over me and walks on past because I’m black, because I’m a woman, because I’m poor, because I have no education. But I’m still here.
    —Cora Lee Johnson (b. 1925)