Poems by Samuel Johnson
On Lyce - An Elderly Lady
... Her teeth the night with darkness dyes, ...
On The Death Of Mr. Robert Levet, A Practiser In Physic
... His frame was firm--his powers were bright, ...
One And Twenty
... Wealth, Sir John, was made to wander, ...
The Vanity of Human Wishes (excerpts)
... 327 What care, what rules your heedless charms shall save, ...
The Vanity of Wealth
... Thus taste the feast by Nature spread, ...
Written at the Request of a Gentleman to Whom a Lady Had Given a Sprig of Myrtle
... Soon must this sprig, as you shall fix its doom, ...
Autumn
... Still - still the jocund train shall flow, ...
Burlesque
... The nurse took p the squealing child, ...
To Myrtilis - The New Year's Offering
... Though small my wealth, not small my soul: ...
The Winter's Walk
... Scarce frighted love maintains her fire, ...
London - in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal
... "Should Heaven's just bolts Orgilio's wealth confound, ...
Inspiration
... Breathing in the thinkers creed, &emsp ...
From the Medea of Euripides
... Where Wants repines and Vengeance swells ...
Evening Ode
... To Stella: Evening now from purple wings ...
Song
... Nor knowledge which the learn'd approve, ...
