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 ...
Resolved my gratitude to show,Thrice reverend Dean, for all I owe,Too long I have my thanks delay'd;Your favours left too ...
Sure never did man seeA wretch like poor Nancy,So teazed day and nightBy a Dean and a Knight.To punish my ...
I will not build on yonder mount;And, should you call me to account,Consulting with myself, I findIt was no levity ...
From distant regions Fortune sendsAn odd triumvirate of friends;Where Phoebus pays a scanty stipend,Where never yet a codling ripen'd:Hither the ...
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 ...
A long-ear'd beast, and a field-house for cattle,Among the coals doth often rattle.A long-ear'd beast, a bird that prates,The bridegrooms' ...
As when a beauteous nymph decays,We say she's past her dancing days;So poets lose their feet by time,And can no ...
Of all inhabitants on earth,To man alone I owe my birth,And yet the cow, the sheep, the bee,Are all my ...
The joy of man, the pride of brutes,Domestic subject for disputes,Of plenty thou the emblem fair,Adorn'd by nymphs with all ...
TO THE LORD TREASURER OXFORD 1710Atlas, we read in ancient song,Was so exceeding tall and strong,He bore the skies upon ...
Careful Observers may fortel the Hour (By sure Prognosticks) when to dread a Show'r: While Rain depends, the pensive Cat ...
Stella this day is thirty-four, (We shan't dispute a year or more:) However, Stella, be not troubled, Although thy size ...
As Rochefoucauld his maxims drew From nature, I believe 'em true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault ...
Stella this Day is thirty four, (We shan't dispute a Year or more) However Stella, be not troubled, Although thy ...
To the Priest, on Observing how most Men mistake their own Talents When beasts could speak (the learned say, They ...
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