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 Fate & Destiny (17 Poems)
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 ...
The Dean’s Reasons For Not Building At Drapier’s-Hill (Jonathan Swift Poems)
I will not build on yonder mount;And, should you call me to account,Consulting with myself, I findIt was no levity ...
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 ...
On Cutting Down The Thorn At Market-Hill (Jonathan Swift Poems)
At Market-Hill, as well appears By chronicle of ancient date,There stood for many hundred years A spacious thorn before the gate.Hither came ...
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 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 ...
The Fable Of Midas (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Midas, we are in story told,Turn'd every thing he touch'd to gold:He chipp'd his bread; the pieces roundGlitter'd like spangles ...
Robin And Harry (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Robin to beggars with a curse,Throws the last shilling in his purse;And when the coachman comes for pay,The rogue must ...
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 ...
A Satirical Elegy On The Death Of A Late Famous General (Jonathan Swift Poems)
His Grace! impossible! what dead!Of old age too, and in his bed!And could that mighty warrior fall?And so inglorious, after ...
An Echo (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Never sleeping, still awake,Pleasing most when most I speak;The delight of old and young,Though I speak without a tongue.Nought but ...
A Satirical Elegy (Jonathan Swift Poems)
On the Death of a Late FAMOUS GENERAL His Grace! impossible! what dead! Of old age, too, and in his ...
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 ...
On Stella’s Birth-Day 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 ...
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 ...