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 ...
Don Carlos, in a merry spight,Did Stella to his house invite:He entertain'd her half a yearWith generous wines and costly ...
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 ...
Resolv'd my annual verse to pay,By duty bound, on Stella's day,Furnish'd with paper, pens, and ink,I gravely sat me down ...
As when a beauteous nymph decays,We say she's past her dancing days;So poets lose their feet by time,And can no ...
Ah! Strephon, how can you despiseHer, who without thy pity dies!To Strephon I have still been true,And of as noble ...
While, Stella, to your lasting praiseThe Muse her annual tribute pays,While I assign myself a taskWhich you expect, but scorn ...
Begotten, and born, and dying with noise,The terror of women, and pleasure of boys,Like the fiction of poets concerning the ...
As, when a lofty pile is raised, We never hear the workmen praised, Who bring the lime, or place the ...
All folks who pretend to religion and grace, Allow there's a HELL, but dispute of the place: But, if HELL ...
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault ...
The Farmer's Goose, who in the Stubble, Has fed without Restraint, or Trouble; Grown fat with Corn and Sitting still, ...
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