Here Johnson lies, a sage by all allowed, <br />Whom to have bred, may well make England proud; <br />Whose prose was eloquence, by wisdom taught, <br />The graceful vehicle of virtuous thought; <br />Whose verse may claim, grave, masculine and strong, <br />Superior praise to the mere poet's song; <br />Who many a noble gift from Heaven possessed, <br />And faith at last, alone worth all the rest. <br />O man, immortal by a double prize, <br />By fame on earth, by glory in the skies!<br /><br />William Cowper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/epitaph-on-johnson/
