Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D. (Jonathan Swift Poems)
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drewFrom Nature, I believe 'em true:They argue no corrupted mindIn him; the fault is in mankind.This ...
Jonathan Swift Poems on Faces (24 Poems)
A Panegyric Of The Dean In The Person Of A Lady In The North (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Resolved my gratitude to show,Thrice reverend Dean, for all I owe,Too long I have my thanks delay'd;Your favours left too ...
The Grand Question Debated: Whether Hamilton’s Bawn Should Be Turned Into A Barrack Or Malt-House (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Thus spoke to my lady the knight full of care,"Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.This Hamilton's bawn, ...
The Progress Of Marriage (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Aetatis suae fifty-two,A rich Divine began to wooA handsome young imperious girl,Nearly related to an Earl.Her parents and her friends ...
My Lady’s Lamantation And Complaint Against The Dean (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Sure never did man seeA wretch like poor Nancy,So teazed day and nightBy a Dean and a Knight.To punish my ...
Horace, Epist. I, VII Imitation Of Horace To Lord Oxford (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Harley, the nation's great support,Returning home one day from court,His mind with public cares possest,All Europe's business in his breast,Observed ...
To Stella Visiting Me in My Sickness (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Pallas, observing Stella's witWas more than for her sex was fit,And that her beauty, soon or late,Might breed confusion in ...
The Revolution At Market-Hill (Jonathan Swift Poems)
From distant regions Fortune sendsAn odd triumvirate of friends;Where Phoebus pays a scanty stipend,Where never yet a codling ripen'd:Hither the ...
Stella’s Birthday, March 13, 1727 (Jonathan Swift Poems)
This day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me: This day then let us not be told, That ...
Riddles By Dr. Swift And His Friends (Jonathan Swift Poems)
FROM Venus born, thy beauty shows;But who thy father, no man knows:Nor can the skilful herald traceThe founder of thy ...
The Author Upon Himself (Jonathan Swift Poems)
By an old --pursued,A crazy prelate, and a royal prude;By dull divines, who look with envious eyesOn ev'ry genius that ...
Stella’s Birthday, March 13, 1726 (Jonathan Swift Poems)
This day, whate'er the Fates decree,Shall still be kept with joy by me;This day, then, let us not be toldThat ...
Stella’s Birth-Day.1719-20 (Jonathan Swift Poems)
All travellers at first inclineWhere'er they see the fairest signAnd if they find the chambers neat,And like the liquor and ...
Toland’s Invitation To Dismal To Dine With The Calve’s Head Club (Jonathan Swift Poems)
If, dearest Dismal, you for once can dineUpon a single dish, and tavern wine,Toland to you this invitation sends,To eat ...
On A Candle (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Of all inhabitants on earth,To man alone I owe my birth,And yet the cow, the sheep, the bee,Are all my ...
Daphne (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Daphne knows, with equal ease,How to vex, and how to please;But the folly of her sexMakes her sole delight to ...
On The Posteriors (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Because I am by nature blind,I wisely choose to walk behind;However, to avoid disgrace,I let no creature see my face.My ...
On A Corkscrew (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Though I, alas! a prisoner be,My trade is prisoners to set free.No slave his lord's commands obeysWith such insinuating ways.My ...
On A Horn (Jonathan Swift Poems)
The joy of man, the pride of brutes,Domestic subject for disputes,Of plenty thou the emblem fair,Adorn'd by nymphs with all ...
On Gold (Jonathan Swift Poems)
All-ruling tyrant of the earth,To vilest slaves I owe my birth,How is the greatest monarch blest,When in my gaudy livery ...
Fontinella To Florinda (Jonathan Swift Poems)
When on my bosom thy bright eyes, Florinda, dart their heavenly beams,I feel not the least love surprise, Yet endless tears flow ...
To Stella, Who Collected and Transcribed His Poems (Jonathan Swift Poems)
As, when a lofty pile is raised, We never hear the workmen praised, Who bring the lime, or place the ...
Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift (Jonathan Swift Poems)
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault ...
The Beasts’ Confession (Jonathan Swift Poems)
To the Priest, on Observing how most Men mistake their own Talents When beasts could speak (the learned say, They ...