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Lionel Johnson on Beauty

1867–1902 England

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Well fare she, well! As perfect beauty fares;
And those high places, that are beauty's home.

Vanquished in life, his death
By beauty made amends:
The passing of his breath
Won his defeated ends.

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

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lionel Johnson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.