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EPIGRAM ON GEORGE II AND COLLEY CIBBER, ESQ by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)

Poet Analysis

First Line: AUGUSTUS STILL SURVIVES IN MARO'S STRAIN
Last Line: FOR NATURE FORMED THE POET FOR THE KING.
Subject(s): CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1757); GEORGE II, KING OF ENGLAND (1683-1760);

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 formed the poet for the king.



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