At his return he heard of the death of his friend Charles Diodati; a
man, whom it is reasonable to suppose, of great merit, since he was
thought, by Milton, worthy of a poem, Epitaphium Damonis,
written with the common, but childish, imitation of pastoral life.
man, whom it is reasonable to suppose, of great merit, since he was
thought, by Milton, worthy of a poem, Epitaphium Damonis,
written with the common, but childish, imitation of pastoral life.
Samuel Johnson - Lives of the Poets - 1
