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 ...
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drewFrom Nature, I believe 'em true:They argue no corrupted mindIn him; the fault is in mankind.This ...
Thus spoke to my lady the knight full of care,"Let me have your advice in a weighty affair.This Hamilton's bawn, ...
Aetatis suae fifty-two,A rich Divine began to wooA handsome young imperious girl,Nearly related to an Earl.Her parents and her friends ...
Pallas, observing Stella's witWas more than for her sex was fit,And that her beauty, soon or late,Might breed confusion in ...
Come hither, and behold the fruits,Vain man! of all thy vain pursuits.Take wise advice, and look behind,Bring all past actions ...
By an old --pursued,A crazy prelate, and a royal prude;By dull divines, who look with envious eyesOn ev'ry genius that ...
The rod was but a harmless wand, While Moses held it in his hand;But, soon as e'er he laid it down,Twas ...
A WONDERFUL age Is now on the stage:I'll sing you a song, if I can, How modern Whigs, Dance forty-one jigs,But God bless ...
An orator dismal of Nottinghamshire,Who has forty years let out his conscience to hire,Out of zeal for his country, and ...
Ye Commons and Peers, Pray lend me your ears,I'll sing you a song, (if I can,) How Lewis le Grand Was put to ...
All travellers at first inclineWhere'er they see the fairest signAnd if they find the chambers neat,And like the liquor and ...
If, dearest Dismal, you for once can dineUpon a single dish, and tavern wine,Toland to you this invitation sends,To eat ...
Observe the dying father speak:Try, lads, can you this bundle break?Then bids the youngest of the sixTake up a well-bound ...
As when a beauteous nymph decays,We say she's past her dancing days;So poets lose their feet by time,And can no ...
THE RECORDER'S SPEECH EXPLAINED BY THE TORIESAn ancient metropolis, famous of lateFor opposing the Church, and for nosing the State,For ...
Spite of Dutch friends and English foes,Poor Britain shall have peace at last:Holland got towns, and we got blows; But Dunkirk's ...
Ah! Strephon, how can you despiseHer, who without thy pity dies!To Strephon I have still been true,And of as noble ...
His Grace! impossible! what dead!Of old age too, and in his bed!And could that mighty warrior fall?And so inglorious, after ...
I am jet black, as you may see, The son of pitch and gloomy night:Yet all that know me will agree, I'm ...
When Naboth's vineyard look'd so fine,The king cried out, "Would this were mine!"And yet no reason could prevailTo bring the ...
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 ...
Five hours, (and who can do it less in?) By haughty Celia spent in dressing; The goddess from her chamber ...
On the Death of a Late FAMOUS GENERAL His Grace! impossible! what dead! Of old age, too, and in his ...
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault ...
To the Priest, on Observing how most Men mistake their own Talents When beasts could speak (the learned say, They ...
Deprived of root, and branch and rind, Yet flowers I bear of every kind: And such is my prolific power, ...
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