Poems by Samuel Johnson
To Lady Firebrace
... Thou seem'st at once, bright nymph, a Muse and Grace ...
A Short Song of Congratulation
... Wealth, Sir John, was made to wander, ...
To Miss --,
... a room hung with flower-pieces of her own painting} ...
Part of the Dialogue Between Hector and Andromache
... Tears, at my name, shall drown those beauteous eyes, ...
From Boethius: De Consolatione Philosophiae; Book II. Metre 4.
... Wouldst thou, when fierce Eurus blows, ...
To Miss Hickman, Playing the Spinet
... When old Timotheus struck the vocal string, ...
The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, Imitated by Samuel Johnson
... New Pow'rs are claim'd, new Pow'rs are still bestowed, ...
Summer
... Where the green bower with roses crown'd, ...
On Seeing a Bust of Mrs. Montague
... Had this fair figure, which this frame displays, ...
Horace: Book II. Ode 9
... Leave off, at length, these woman's sighs, ...
From Boethius: De Consolatione Philosophiae; Book III. Metre 5
... Though northern climes confess thy sway, ...
The Natural Beauty
... To Stella: Whether Stella's eyes are found ...
From Boethius: De Consolatione Philosophiae; Book II. Metre 2.
... Fair plenty, gracious queen, should pour ...
Gnothi Seauton
... And, amidst rolling worlds, the great first cause explore, ...
Stella In Mourning
... "Th' adoring youth and envious fair, ...
