Poems by Samuel Johnson
Translation of a Speech of Aquileio in the Adriano of Metastasio
... Thou know'st the arts which blast with envious praise, ...
On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet
... His frame was firm - his powers were bright, ...
Friendship
... With bright, but oft destructive gleam, ...
Anacreon: Ode 9
... is it love? Tell me, tell me, gentle dove ...
Drury-lane Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane, 1747
... ay the ghost of wit:Exulting Folly hail'd the joyful day,And pantomime, and song, confirm'd her sway ...
London: A Poem, in Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal
... d:Farewell! -- When youth, and health, and fortune spent,Thou fly'st for refuge to the wilds of Kent ...
The Vanity of Human Wishes
... at:These goods for man the laws of heav'n ordain,These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ...
