To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futur…

Samuel Johnson
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To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty, has been always a delicious employment of the poets ✨ Samuel Johnson (2009). The Lives of the Poets: A Selection, p.422, OUP Oxford
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