Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LINES WRITTEN IN RIDICULE OF CERTAIN POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1777, by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)


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First Line: Wheresoever I turn my view
Last Line: Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson, Dr.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Warton, Thomas (1728-1790)


Wheresoever I turn my view,
All is strange, yet nothing new;
Endless labor all along,
Endless labor to be wrong;

Phrase that time has flung away,
Uncouth words in disarray,
Tricked in antique ruff and bonnet,
Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.








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