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 Fairness (19 Poems)
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, ...
Baucis And Philemon (Jonathan Swift Poems)
IN ancient times, as story tells,The saints would often leave their cells,And stroll about, but hide their quality,To try good ...
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 ...
The Virtues Of Sid Hamet The Magician’s Rod (Jonathan Swift Poems)
The rod was but a harmless wand, While Moses held it in his hand;But, soon as e'er he laid it down,Twas ...
Bec’s Birth-Day Nov. 8, 1726 (Jonathan Swift Poems)
This day, dear Bec, is thy nativity;Had Fate a luckier one, she'd give it ye.She chose a thread of greatest ...
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 ...
Louisa To Strephon (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Ah! Strephon, how can you despiseHer, who without thy pity dies!To Strephon I have still been true,And of as noble ...
On A Pen (Jonathan Swift Poems)
In youth exalted high in air,Or bathing in the waters fair,Nature to form me took delight,And clad my body all ...
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 ...
Sid Hamet’s Rod (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Poor Hall, renown'd for comely hair,Whose hands, perhaps, were not so fair,Yet had a Jezebel as near;Hall, of small scripture ...
To Lady Carteret (Jonathan Swift Poems)
FROM India's burning clime I'm brought,With cooling gales like zephyrs fraught.Not Iris, when she paints the sky,Can show more different ...
A Riddle (Jonathan Swift Poems)
I'm wealthy and poor,I'm empty and full,I'm humble and proud,I'm witty and dull.I'm foul and yet fair:I'm old, and yet ...
A Description of a City Shower (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Careful Observers may fortel the Hour (By sure Prognosticks) when to dread a Show'r: While Rain depends, the pensive Cat ...
Stella’s Birthday March 13, 1719 (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Stella this day is thirty-four, (We shan't dispute a year or more:) However, Stella, be not troubled, Although thy size ...
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 ...
Phillis, Or, the Progress of Love (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Desponding Phillis was endu'd With ev'ry Talent of a Prude, She trembled when a Man drew near; Salute her, and ...
Advice to the Grub Street Verse-writers (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Ye poets ragged and forlorn, Down from your garrets haste; Ye rhymers, dead as soon as born, Not yet consign'd ...
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 ...