Of the modern versifications of
ancient legendary tales. - An impromptu.

The tender infant, meek and mild,
Fell down upon the stone:
The nurse took p the squealing child,
But still the child squeal'd on.

(C) Samuel Johnson
03/23/2017


Best Poems of Samuel Johnson

• On Seeing A Bust Of Mrs. Montague
• Epitaph On Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart.
• Winter
• Lines
• To A Young Lady, On Her Birthday
• Friendship
• Song
• To Miss --,
• Gnothi Seauton
• Autumn
• One-and-twenty
• Summer
• Drury-lane Prologue Spoken By Mr. Garrick
• Spring
• The City Of God
• Stella In Mourning
• The Natural Beauty
• The Vanity Of Wealth
• Evening Ode
• One And Twenty
• On The Death Of Stephen Grey, F.r.s.