The ardour of red flame is thine, And thine the steely soul… - Lionel Pigot Johnson

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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!

Lionel Pigot Johnson

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Lionel Pigot Johnson (15 March 1867 – 4 October 1902) was an English poet, essayist and critic.

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Now from the broken tower, what solemn bell still tolls, Mourning what piteous death? Answer, O saddened souls! Who mourn the death of beauty and the death of grace.

Our wearier spirit faints, Vexed in the world‘s employ: His soul was of the saints; And art to him was joy.

Thou art the whisper in the gloom, The hinting tone, the haunting laugh: Thou art the adorner of my tomb, The minstrel of mine epitaph.

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, go… - Lionel Pigot Johnson

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