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Poem of the Day: ‘Lines Written in Ridicule’

Thomas Warton may be little remembered, but he lives at least in Johnson’s laughter — a complaint that can be transferred to much much-labored art: ‘All is strange, yet nothing new.’

Detail of a portrait of Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds.
Detail of a portrait of Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds. Via Wikimedia Commons