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THIS MONTH’S PARODY (Oct 15) The Vanity of Human Wishes

Verse ParodiesBy Jeremy06/10/2015Leave a comment

THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES The Tenth Satire of Juvenal was adapted by Dr Johnson (1749). It’s a poem of 368 lines, the first ten of which are: Let Observation with extensive View, Survey Mankind from China to Peru; Remark each anxious Toil, each eager Strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded Life; Then say…

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