Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power…

Samuel Johnson
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Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before; Sleep undisturb'd within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine! ✨ Samuel Johnson (1811). The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson: Collated with the Best Editions, p.88
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