He is
never lofty, nor does he often surprise with excellence: but,
perhaps, to his last poem may be applied what Tully said of the work of
Lucretius, that "it is written with much art, though with few blazes of
genius.
never lofty, nor does he often surprise with excellence: but,
perhaps, to his last poem may be applied what Tully said of the work of
Lucretius, that "it is written with much art, though with few blazes of
genius.
Samuel Johnson - Lives of the Poets - 1
