THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

S. JOHNSON, LL. D.

WITH

THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

Cooke's Edition.

Tranfcendant genius, whofe prolific vein
Ne'er knew the frigid poet's toil and pain,

To whom Apollo opens all his store,

And ev'ry Mufe prefents her facred lore;

Say, powerful JOHNSON, whence thy verfe is fraught

With fo much grace, fuch energy of thought;

Whether thy Juvenal instructs the age

In chafter numbers, and new-points his rage;

Or fair Irene fees, alas, too late,

Her innocence exchang'd for guilty ftate:
Whate'er you write, in every golden line
Sublimity and elegance combine;

Thy nervous phrafe impreffes every foul,
While harmony gives rapture to the whole.

Mr. Murphy's Poetical Epistle to Johnson.

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Nor was his energy confin'd alone
To friends around his philofophic throne;
His influence wide improv'd our letter'd inle,
And lucid vigour mark'd the general ftyle:

As Nile's proud waves, fwoln from their oozy bed,
First o'er the neighb'ring mead majestic fpread;
Till, gath'ring force, they more and more expand,
And with due virtue fertilize the land.

Mr. Courtenay's Poetical Review.

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