1799 ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION

Samuel Johnson

Catherine Rebecca Manners, in Review of Poetry (1799) 28.

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Sense, by studious thought refin'd,
Critic taste, with candour join'd,
Strong discernment, just and clear,
Graceful diction, truth severe,
Piety's seraphic flame
Mark enlighten'd Johnson's name.