Samuel Johnson has a "well-turn'd mind" and a "genius pure, as gold refin'd"
— Derrick, Samuel (1724-1769)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for the author; And sold by A. Millar
Date
1755
Metaphor
Samuel Johnson has a "well-turn'd mind" and a "genius pure, as gold refin'd"
Metaphor in Context
Will no kind patron Johnson own?
Shall[1]Johnson, friendless, range the town?
And ev'ry publisher refuse
The offspring of his happy Muse;
Johnson, whom fancy nobly fires,
He, whom Apollo's-self inspires;
With taste polite, and well-turn'd mind,
And genius pure, as gold refin'd:
With indignation swells my heart,
Such fate attending such desert.
Shall[1]Johnson, friendless, range the town?
And ev'ry publisher refuse
The offspring of his happy Muse;
Johnson, whom fancy nobly fires,
He, whom Apollo's-self inspires;
With taste polite, and well-turn'd mind,
And genius pure, as gold refin'd:
With indignation swells my heart,
Such fate attending such desert.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" and "gold" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
See A Collection of Original Poems. By Samuel Derrick. (London: Printed for the Author; and sold by A. Millar, in the Strand, 1755). <Link to ECCO>
Theme
Refinement
Date of Entry
05/27/2005
