Author of quotes: Lionel Johnson

I know them - watch the afflictions:
Suffering, hope, fear,
The grip of the offense, the thorns of the passions,
Flowers scattered in the dust;
The bottomless pits of hell over your head,
The deep groan, the illness of dawn
And the wild winds howl -
They are with me, they're in.
Sometimes it would rabbincal
For the world as a buffoon;
But I always silent:
You know them, God knows them.