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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Lines Written Extempore On Mr. Harley’s Being Stabbed, And Addressed To

Lines Written Extempore On Mr. Harley’s Being Stabbed, And Addressed To
His Physician, 1710-11

On Britain Europe's safety lies,
Britain is lost i…

170
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Jack Frenchman’s Lamentation

Jack Frenchman’s Lamentation

Ye Commons and Peers,
Pray lend me your ears,
I'll sing you a song, (if I can,)
How Lewis le Grand
W…

261
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Elegy Upon Tiger

Elegy Upon Tiger

Her dead lady's joy and comfort,
Who departed this life
The last day of March, 1727:
To the great joy of Bryan
T…

238
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Fontinella To Florinda

Fontinella To Florinda

When on my bosom thy bright eyes,
Florinda, dart their heavenly beams,
I feel not the least love surprise,
Yet end…

220
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Dean Swift At Sir Arthur Acheson’s In The North Of Ireland

Dean Swift At Sir Arthur Acheson’s In The North Of Ireland

The Dean would visit Market-Hill,
Our invitation was but slight;
I said—'Why let him, …

226
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Dingley And Brent

Dingley And Brent

Dingley and Brent,
Wherever they went,
Ne'er minded a word that was spoken;
Whatever was said,
They ne'er troub…

204
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Bec’s Birth-Day Nov. 8, 1726

Bec’s Birth-Day Nov. 8, 1726

This day, dear Bec, is thy nativity;
Had Fate a luckier one, she'd give it ye.
She chose a thread of greatest length…

238
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Corinna

Corinna


This day (the year I dare not tell)
Apollo play'd the midwife's part;
Into the world Corinna fell,
And he endued her with…

291
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Ballad

Ballad


A WONDERFUL age
Is now on the stage:
I'll sing you a song, if I can,
How modern Whigs,
Dance forty-one jigs,

292
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

An Echo

An Echo

Never sleeping, still awake,
Pleasing most when most I speak;
The delight of old and young,
Though I speak without a tongue.

253
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General

A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General

"His Grace! impossible! what, dead!
Of old age too, and in his bed!
And could that mighty…

289
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

A Receipt To Restore Stella’s Youth. 1724-5

A Receipt To Restore Stella’s Youth. 1724-5

The Scottish hinds, too poor to house
In frosty nights their starving cows,
While not a blade of gras…

238
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

A Maypole

A Maypole

Deprived of root, and branch and rind,
Yet flowers I bear of every kind:
And such is my prolific power,
They bloom in less than…

382
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

A Panegyric Of The Dean In The Person Of A Lady In The North

A Panegyric Of The Dean In The Person Of A Lady In The North

Resolved my gratitude to show,
Thrice reverend Dean, for all I owe,
Too long I have …

221
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

From whom she meets with frequent Rubs;

From whom she meets with frequent Rubs;
But, never from Religious Clubs;
Whose Favour she is sure to find,
Because she pays them all in Kind.
COR…

255
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

A Description of a City Shower

A Description of a City Shower

Careful Observers may fortel the Hour
(By sure Prognosticks) when to dread a Show'r:
While Rain depends, the pensi…

232
John Milton
John Milton

Upon the Circumcision

Upon the Circumcision

Ye flaming Powers, and wingèd Warriors bright,
That erst with music, and triumphant song,
First heard by happy watchful She…

584
John Milton
John Milton

When the Assault Was Intended to the City

When the Assault Was Intended to the City

Captain, or colonel, or knight in arms,
Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize,
If deed of h…

607
John Milton
John Milton

To the Nightingale

To the Nightingale

O Nightingale! that on yon bloomy spray
Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,
Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart …

473
John Milton
John Milton

To the Lady Margaret Ley

To the Lady Margaret Ley

Daughter to that good Earl, one President
Of England’s Council and her Treasury,
Who lived in both unstained with gold o…

575
John Milton
John Milton

To My Lord Fairfax

To My Lord Fairfax

Fairfax, whose Name in Arms through Europe rings,
And fills all Mouths with Envy or with Praise,
And all her Jealous Monarchs …

407
John Milton
John Milton

To Mr. H. Lawes on His Airs

To Mr. H. Lawes on His Airs

Harry, whose tuneful and well-measured song
First taught our English music how to span
Words with just note and accen…

523
John Milton
John Milton

To Cyriack Skinner

To Cyriack Skinner

Cyriack, whose grandsire on the royal bench
Of British Themis, with no mean applause,
Pronounced, and in his volumes taught, o…

569
John Milton
John Milton

The Passion

The Passion

I

Erewhile of music, and ethereal mirth,
Wherewith the stage of Air and Earth did ring,
And joyous news of heavenly I…

607