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The ardour of red flame is thine,
And thine the steely soul of ice:
Thou poisonest the fair design
Of nature, with unfair device. Apples of ashes, golden bright;
Waters of bitterness, how sweet!
O banquet of a foul delight,
Prepared by thee, dark Paraclete!
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Alone he rides, alone,
The fair and fatal king:
Dark night is all his own,
That strange and solemn thing.
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Imageries of dreams reveal a gracious age:
Black armour, falling lace, and altar lights at morn.
The courtesy of saints, their gentleness and scorn,
Lights on an earth more fair, than shone from Plato's page:
The courtesy of knights, fair calm and sacred rage:
The courtesy of love, sorrow for love's sake borne.
Vanished, those high conceits! Desolate and forlorn,
We hunger against hope for the lost heritage.
Lionel Johnson
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I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
F. Lee Bailey
Lionel Johnson
Born:
March 15, 1867
Died:
October 4, 1902
(aged 35)
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