Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. — Samuel Johnson, Lives of the poets: Milton
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. — Samuel Johnson, Lives of the poets: Milton
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. — Samuel Johnson, Lives of the poets: Milton
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. — Samuel Johnson, Lives of the poets: Milton
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. — Samuel Johnson, Lives of the poets: Milton
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

— Samuel Johnson, Lives of the poets: Milton
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