In 1755 the main two
Events I think are of interest are first
The Lisbon earthquake, dispatching up to
90,000 poor souls. A great wave burst
Upon the shaken shore just like the last
Big one in Japan this March. Also that
Far-off year, Samuel Johnson had released
His great Dictionary, erudite and fat
Like Sam himself, the Lichfield boy who'd got
Himself noticed in London. Boswell, you
Preserved much of his bluster and his thirst
For tea and lack of sympathy. And that
Was not all. David Garrick also grew
In Lichfield, then acted in London, too
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