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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In youth exalted high in air,Or bathing in the waters fair,Nature to form me took delight,And clad my body all ...
A lion sunk by time's decay,Too feeble grown to hunt his prey,Observed his fatal hour draw nigh:He drooped and laid ...
The nymph who wrote this in an amorous fit,I cannot but envy the pride of her wit,Which thus she will ...
The joy of man, the pride of brutes,Domestic subject for disputes,Of plenty thou the emblem fair,Adorn'd by nymphs with all ...
His Grace! impossible! what dead!Of old age too, and in his bed!And could that mighty warrior fall?And so inglorious, after ...
WITH a whirl of thoughts oppress'd, I sunk from reverie to rest. A horrid vision seized my head, I saw the graves give ...
Returning Janus now prepares,For Bec, a new supply of cares,Sent in a bag to Dr. Swift,Who thus displays the new-year's ...
When Naboth's vineyard look'd so fine,The king cried out, "Would this were mine!"And yet no reason could prevailTo bring the ...
As, when a lofty pile is raised, We never hear the workmen praised, Who bring the lime, or place the ...
Corinna, Pride of Drury-Lane, For whom no Shepherd sighs in vain; Never did Covent Garden boast So bright a batter'd, ...
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 ...
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