ON THE

TRULY EMINENT

ENGLISH POETS.

BY PERCIVAL STOCKDALE.

Johnson, with admiration oft I see

The Critick and the Bard conjoined in thee:
But prejudices, too, as oft I find,

Corrupt, debase, mislead thy noble mind.
Hence, against thee, I seize the cause of truth;
A cause that I adored, from early youth.
Oh! may her voice inspire my latest breath!
And soothe reflexion in the hour of death!

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