History & Politics
Epigram on George II. and Colley Cibber, Esq.
From Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett (1855)
History & Politics
Augustus still survives in Maro's strain,
And Spenser's verse prolongs Eliza's reign;
Great George's acts let tuneful Cibber sing,
For Nature form'd the poet for the king.
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Johnson, Samuel. “Epigram on George II. and Colley Cibber, Esq.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_samuel/10/.
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