Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Vanity

Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes 1749 (his own imitation of Juvenal's tenth satire, from which I quoted in the previous post):

        . . . New Sorrow rises as the Day returns, . . .
        Year chases Year, Decay pursues Decay, . . .

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