Famous quotes containing the words lionel pigot johnson, pigot johnson, lionel pigot, pigot and/or johnson:
“The saddest of all kings
Crowned, and again discrowned.”
—Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)
“Dark Angel, with thine aching lust
To rid the world of penitence:
Malicious Angel, who still dost
My soul such subtile violence!
Because of thee, no thought, no thing,
Abides for me undesecrate:
Dark Angel, ever on the wing,
Who never reachest me too late!”
—Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867–1902)
“The saddest of all kings
Crowned, and again discrowned.”
—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)
“Let observation with extensive view;
Survey mankind, from China to Peru;”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)