DR. JOHNSON
Theso verses, by J. Evelyn Ball, on Dr. Johnson, appeared in "Oornhill Magazine" recently:— Surly of speoch, but very sort of heart. Bedesman of Christ, ho stands alone—apartWhen George the Third was King he passed away; And yet, I'll swear, Is more alivo to-day Than half the pooplo that you chance to raeot. Correct and torpid," in a London street Quoth Dr. Goldsmith, with a rueful grin Naufht of the Bear about him but his skin 1 Tho starving wench whom on his back he bore, (Ne'er had sho known such tenderness boiore;) His countless charities—e'en Hodge his Cat ' .j Ol ory soul ho met- coul(1 vouch for that' And when this muddy vesture of decay That grossly closed him in hud worn away • And when the tired Pilgrim set his face Towards his last, his Heavenly restingAnd crossed that mighty Klver, deep and The TrumDots Bounded on tha other side.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1927, Page 21
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153DR. JOHNSON Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1927, Page 21
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