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A Translation..
..of the Two First Stanzas of the Song 'Rio Verde, Rio Verde', printed in Bishop Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry': an Impromptu.
Glassy water, glassy water,
Down whose current, clear and strong,
Chiefs confused in mutual slaughter,
Moor and Christian, roll along.
About Samuel Johnson
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Summary
Introduction
The Life of Samuel Johnson
London
The Vanity of Human Wishes
Prologues
The Opening of Drury Lane Theatre
The Masque of Comus
The Good Natured Man
A Word to the Wise
Odes
Spring
Midsummer
Autumn
Winter
Miscellaneous
Stella in Mourning
To Stella
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