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Lionel Johnson on Retirement

1867–1902 England

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King, tried in fires of woe!
Men hunger for thy grace:
And through the night I go,
Loving thy mournful face. Yet, when the city sleeps;
When all the cries are still:
The stars and heavenly deeps
Work out a perfect will.

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.