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 ...
I will not build on yonder mount;And, should you call me to account,Consulting with myself, I findIt was no levity ...
FROM Venus born, thy beauty shows;But who thy father, no man knows:Nor can the skilful herald traceThe founder of thy ...
Death went upon a solemn dayAt Pluto's hall his court to pay;The phantom having humbly kiss'dHis grisly monarch's sooty fist,Presented ...
By an old --pursued,A crazy prelate, and a royal prude;By dull divines, who look with envious eyesOn ev'ry genius that ...
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 ...
From a town that consists of a church and a steeple,With three or four houses, and as many people,There went ...
Observe the dying father speak:Try, lads, can you this bundle break?Then bids the youngest of the sixTake up a well-bound ...
When a holy black Swede, the son of Bob,With a saint at his chin and a seal at his fob,Shall ...
Never sleeping, still awake,Pleasing most when most I speak;The delight of old and young,Though I speak without a tongue.Nought but ...
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault ...
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