The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2
CONTENTS
1713
In all I wish, how happy should I be, Thou grand Deluder, were it not for thee! So weak thou art, that fools thy power despise; And yet so strong, thou triumph'st o'er the wise. Thy traps are laid with such peculiar art, They catch the cautious, let the rash depart. Most nets are fill'd by want of thought and care But too much thinking brings us to thy snare; Where, held by thee, in slavery we stay, And throw the pleasing part of life away. But, what does most my indignation move, Discretion! thou wert ne'er a friend to Love: Thy chief delight is to defeat those arts, By which he kindles mutual flames in hearts; While the blind loitering God is at his play, Thou steal'st his golden pointed darts away: Those darts which never fail; and in their stead Convey'st malignant arrows tipt with lead: The heedless God, suspecting no deceits, Shoots on, and thinks he has done wondrous feats; But the poor nymph, who feels her vitals burn, And from her shepherd can find no return, Laments, and rages at the power divine, When, curst Discretion! all the fault was thine: Cupid and Hymen thou hast set at odds, And bred such feuds between those kindred gods, That Venus cannot reconcile her sons; When one appears, away the other runs. The former scales, wherein he used to poise Love against love, and equal joys with joys, Are now fill'd up with avarice and pride, Where titles, power, and riches, still subside. Then, gentle Venus, to thy father run, And tell him, how thy children are undone: Prepare his bolts to give one fatal blow, And strike Discretion to the shades below.
The nymph who wrote this in an amorous fit, I cannot but envy the pride of her wit, Which thus she will venture profusely to throw On so mean a design, and a subject so low. For mean's her design, and her subject as mean, The first but a rebus, the last but a dean. A dean's but a parson: and what is a rebus? A thing never known to the Muses or Phoebus. The corruption of verse; for, when all is done, It is but a paraphrase made on a pun. But a genius like hers no subject can stifle, It shows and discovers itself through a trifle. By reading this trifle, I quickly began To find her a great wit, but the dean a small man. Rich ladies will furnish their garrets with stuff, Which others for mantuas would think fine enough: So the wit that is lavishly thrown away here, Might furnish a second-rate poet a year. Thus much for the verse, we proceed to the next, Where the nymph has entirely forsaken her text: Her fine panegyrics are quite out of season: And what she describes to be merit, is treason: The changes which faction has made in the state, Have put the dean's politics quite out of date: Now no one regards what he utters with freedom, And, should he write pamphlets, no great man would read 'em; And, should want or desert stand in need of his aid, This racer would prove but a dull founder'd jade.
Jonathan Swift
THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
POEMS ADDRESSED TO VANESSA AND STELLA
CADENUS AND VANESSA[1]
LOVE[1]
A REBUS. BY VANESSA
THE DEAN'S ANSWER
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY MARCH 13, 1718-19
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY.[1] 1719-20
TO STELLA, WHO COLLECTED AND TRANSCRIBED HIS POEMS
STELLA VISITING ME IN MY SICKNESS
STELLA TO DR. SWIFT ON HIS BIRTH-DAY, NOV. 30, 1721
TO STELLA ON HER BIRTH-DAY, 1721-2
ON THE GREAT BURIED BOTTLE BY DR. DELANY
EPITAPH BY THE SAME
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY:
STELLA AT WOOD PARK,
A NEW YEAR'S GIFT FOR BEC [1]
DINGLEY AND BRENT[1]
TO STELLA WRITTEN ON THE DAY OF HER BIRTH
VERSES BY STELLA
A RECEIPT TO RESTORE STELLA'S YOUTH. 1724-5
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY. 1724-5
BEC'S[1] BIRTH-DAY NOV. 8, 1726
ON THE COLLAR OF TIGER, MRS. DINGLEY'S LAP-DOG
STELLA'S BIRTH-DAY, MARCH 13, 1726-7
DEATH AND DAPHNE
DAPHNE
RIDDLES BY DR. SWIFT AND HIS FRIENDS.
PETHOX THE GREAT. 1723
ON A PEN. 1724
ON GOLD
ON THE POSTERIORS
ON A HORN
ON A CORKSCREW
THE GULF OF ALL HUMAN POSSESSIONS, 1724
LOUISA[1] TO STREPHON. 1724
A MAYPOLE. 1725
ON THE MOON
ON A CIRCLE
ON INK
ON THE FIVE SENSES
FONTINELLA[1] TO FLORINDA
AN ECHO
ON A SHADOW IN A GLASS;
ON TIME
ON THE GALLOWS
ON THE VOWELS
ON SNOW
ON A CANNON
ON A PAIR OF DICE
ON A CANDLE, TO LADY CARTERET
TO LADY CARTERET, BY DR. DELANY
ANSWERED BY DR. SWIFT
TO LADY CARTERET, BY DR. SWIFT
ANSWERED BY DR. SHERIDAN
A RIDDLE
ANSWER, BY MR. F——R
A LETTER TO DR. HELSHAM
PROBATUR ALITER
POEMS COMPOSED AT MARKET HILL
ON CUTTING DOWN THE THORN AT MARKET-HILL.[1] 1727
TO DEAN SWIFT, BY SIR ARTHUR ACHESON. 1728
DEAN SWIFT AT SIR ARTHUR ACHESON'S IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND
ON A VERY OLD GLASS AT MARKET-HILL
ANSWERED EXTEMPORE BY DR. SWIFT
EPITAPH IN BERKELEY CHURCH-YARD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
MY LADY'S[1] LAMENTATION AND COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DEAN
A PASTORAL DIALOGUE. 1728
DRAPIER'S-HILL.[1] 1730
THE DEAN'S REASONS FOR NOT BUILDING AT DRAPIER'S-HILL
THE REVOLUTION AT MARKET-HILL
ROBIN AND HARRY.[1] 1730
A PANEGYRIC ON THE DEAN IN THE PERSON OF A LADY IN THE NORTH [l] 1730
TWELVE ARTICLES[1]
POLITICAL POETRY
PARODY ON THE RECORDER OF BLESSINGTON'S ADDRESS TO QUEEN ANNE
MR. WILLIAM CROWE'S ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY, TURNED INTO METRE
JACK FRENCHMAN'S LAMENTATION[1] AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG
THE GARDEN PLOT
SID HAMET'S ROD
THE VIRTUES OF SID HAMET[1] THE MAGICIAN'S ROD. 1710[2]
THE RECORDER'S SPEECH EXPLAINED BY THE TORIES
THE SPEECH
BALLAD
ATLAS; OR, THE MINISTER OF STATE[1] TO THE LORD TREASURER OXFORD, 1710
THE SPEECH
THE WINDSOR PROPHECY[1]
CORINNA,[1] A BALLAD, 1711-12
THE FABLE OF MIDAS.[1] 1711-12
TOLAND'S INVITATION TO DISMAL[1] TO DINE WITH THE CALVES HEAD CLUB
HORACE, EPIST. I, VII, IMITATION OF HORACE, TO LORD OXFORD, A.D. 1713[1]
THE AUTHOR UPON HIMSELF, 1713
THE FAGOT[1]
DENNIS INVITATION TO STEELE, HORACE, BOOK I, EP. V
IN SICKNESS, WRITTEN IN OCTOBER, 1714
THE MORAL
ON THE CHURCH'S DANGER
A POEM ON HIGH CHURCH
A TALE OF A NETTLE[1]
A SATIRICAL ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A LATE FAMOUS GENERAL[1]
POEMS CHIEFLY RELATING TO IRISH POLITICS
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG[1] ON A SEDITIOUS PAMPHLET. 1720-21
THE RUN UPON THE BANKERS[1]
A QUIBBLING ELEGY ON JUDGE BOAT, 1723
THE EPITAPH
VERSES OCCASIONED BY WHITSHED'S [1] MOTTO ON HIS COACH. 1724
PROMETHEUS[1] ON WOOD THE PATENTEE'S IRISH HALFPENCE[2], 1724
EPIGRAM ON WOOD'S BRASS MONEY
A SIMILE ON OUR WANT OF SILVER, AND THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY IT. 1725
WOOD AN INSECT. 1725
ON WOOD THE IRONMONGER. 1725
A NEW SONG ON WOOD'S HALFPENCE
VERSES ON THE UPRIGHT JUDGE, WHO CONDEMNED THE DRAPIER'S PRINTER
ON THE SAME
ON THE SAME
EPIGRAM IN ANSWER TO THE DEAN'S VERSES ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS [1]
HORACE, BOOK I, ODE XIV PARAPHRASED AND INSCRIBED TO IRELAND 1726
ON READING DR. YOUNG'S SATIRE, CALLED THE UNIVERSAL PASSION, 1726
THE DOG AND THIEF. 1726
A DIALOGUE[1] BETWEEN MAD MULLINIX AND TIMOTHY, 1728
TIM AND THE FABLES
TOM AND DICK[1]
DICK, A MAGGOT
CLAD ALL IN BROWN, TO DICK[1]
DICK'S VARIETY
TRAULUS. PART I, A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TOM AND ROBIN[1], 1730
TRAULUS. PART II
A FABLE OF THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS
ON THE IRISH BISHOPS.[1] 1731
ON MR. PULTENEY'S[1] BEING PUT OUT OF THE COUNCIL. 1731
AN EPIGRAM
AN EPIGRAM INSCRIBED TO THE HONOURABLE SERGEANT KITE
ON THE ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL,[1] AND BETTESWORTH
ON THE IRISH CLUB. 1733[1]
ON NOISY TOM. HORACE, PART OF BOOK I, SAT. VI, PARAPHRASED, 1733
ON DR. RUNDLE, BISHOP OF DERRY, 1734-5
EPIGRAM
A CHARACTER, PANEGYRIC, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGION CLUB, 1736
PRIVILEGE OF PARLIAMENT,
ON A PRINTER'S[1] BEING SENT TO NEWGATE
AY AND NO, A TALE FROM DUBLIN.[1] WRITTEN IN 1737
A BALLAD
A WICKED TREASONABLE LIBEL[1]
EPIGRAMS AGAINST CARTHY BY SWIFT AND OTHERS
ON CARTHY'S TRANSLATION OF HORACE
ON CARTHY MINOTAURUS
ON THE SAME
ON THE SAME
IMITATED
AD HORATIUM CUM CARTHIO CONSTRICTUM
IMITATED
AN IRISH EPIGRAM ON THE SAME
ON CARTHY'S TRANSLATION OF LONGINUS
RATIO INTER LONGINUM ET CARTHIUM COMPUTATA
ON THE SAME
CARTHY KNOCKED OUT SOME TEETH FROM HIS NEWS-BOY
TO CARTHY
TO CARTHY
TO CARTHY, ATTRIBUTING SOME PERFORMANCES TO MR. DUNKIN
UPON CARTHY'S THREATENING TO TRANSLATE PINDAR
POETICAL EPISTLE TO DR. SHERIDAN
LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW[1] IN THE EPISCOPAL PALACE AT KILMORE
THE UPSTART
ON THE ARMS OF THE TOWN OF WATERFORD[1]
VERSES ON BLENHEIM[1]
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG[1] UPON THE LATE GRAND JURY
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG UPON HIS GRACE OUR GOOD LORD ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN
TO HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN
TO THE CITIZENS[1]
PUNCH'S PETITION TO THE LADIES
EPIGRAM
EPIGRAM ON JOSIAH HORT[1]
EPIGRAM[1]
TRIFLES
MUSA CLONSHOGHIANA
A LEFT-HANDED LETTER[1] TO DR. SHERIDAN, 1718
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S IN ANSWER TO HIS LEFT-HANDED LETTER
TO MR. THOMAS SHERIDAN
AD AMICUM ERUDITUM THOMAM SHERIDAN
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S
AN ANSWER, BY DELANY, TO THOMAS SHERIDAN
A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY
ANOTHER REPLY, BY SHERIDAN
TO THOMAS SHERIDAN
SWIFT TO SHERIDAN, IN REPLY
AN ANSWER BY SHERIDAN
TO DR. SHERIDAN. 1718
THE ANSWER, BY DR. SHERIDAN
DR. SHERIDAN TO DR. SWIFT, 1718
THE DEAN'S ANSWER
DR. SHERIDAN'S REPLY TO THE DEAN
TO THE SAME. BY DR. SHERIDAN
THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, TO THOMAS SHERIDAN
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S
THE DEAN TO THOMAS SHERIDAN
TO DR. SHERIDAN[1]
DR. SHERIDAN'S ANSWER
DR. SWIFT'S REPLY
GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN'S ANSWER
GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN'S INVITATION TO THOMAS SHERIDAN
TO MR. THOMAS SHERIDAN UPON HIS VERSES WRITTEN IN CIRCLES BY DR. SWIFT
ON DR. SHERIDAN'S CIRCULAR VERSES BY MR. GEORGE ROCHFORT
ON DAN JACKSON'S PICTURE, CUT IN SILK AND PAPER[1]
ON THE SAME PICTURE
ON THE SAME
ON THE SAME PICTURE
ON THE SAME PICTURE
DAN JACKSON'S DEFENCE
MR. ROCHFORT'S REPLY
DR. DELANY'S REPLY
SHERIDAN'S REPLY
A REJOINDER BY THE DEAN IN JACKSON'S NAME
ANOTHER REJOINDER BY THE DEAN, IN JACKSON'S NAME
SHERIDAN'S SUBMISSION BY THE DEAN
THE PARDON
THE LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS OF DANIEL JACKSON
SHERIDAN TO SWIFT
SHERIDAN TO SWIFT
SWIFT TO SHERIDAN
MARY THE COOK-MAID'S LETTER TO DR. SHERIDAN. 1723
A PORTRAIT FROM THE LIFE
ON STEALING A CROWN, WHEN THE DEAN WAS ASLEEP
THE DEAN'S ANSWER
THE EPILOGUE
THE SONG
TO QUILCA, A COUNTRY-HOUSE OF DR. SHERIDAN, IN NO VERY GOOD REPAIR. 1725
THE BLESSINGS OF A COUNTRY LIFE, 1725
THE PLAGUES OF A COUNTRY LIFE
PALINODIA[1], HORACE, BOOK I, ODE XVI
A LETTER TO THE DEAN WHEN IN ENGLAND. 1726. BY DR. SHERIDAN
AN INVITATION TO DINNER FROM DOCTOR SHERIDAN TO DOCTOR SWIFT, 1727
ON THE FIVE LADIES AT SOT'S HOLE[1] WITH THE DOCTOR[2] AT THEIR HEAD
THE BEAU'S REPLY TO THE FIVE LADIES' ANSWER
DR. SHERIDAN'S BALLAD ON BALLY-SPELLIN.[1] 1728
ANSWER.[1] BY DR. SWIFT
AN EPISTLE TO TWO FRIENDS[1] TO DR. HELSHAM [2]
TO DR. SHERIDAN
DR. HELSHAM'S ANSWER
AN ANSWER TO A SCANDALOUS POEM
PEG RADCLIFFE THE HOSTESS'S INVITATION
VERSES BY SHERIDAN
ON DR. SWIFT, 1733
ON THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S BIRTH-DAY BEING NOV. 30, ST. ANDREW'S DAY
AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT NUGENT, ESQ.[1]
ON THE DRAPIER. BY DR. DUNKIN.[1]
EPITAPH PROPOSED FOR DR. SWIFT. 1745
EPIGRAM ON TWO GREAT MEN. 1754
TO THE MEMORY OF DOCTOR SWIFT
A SCHOOLBOY'S THEME
ON DR. SWIFT'S LEAVING HIS ESTATE TO IDIOTS
ON FAULKNER'S EDITION OF SWIFT
EPIGRAM, ON LORD ORRERY'S REMARKS ON SWIFT'S LIFE AND WRITINGS
EPIGRAM
AN INSCRIPTION
AN EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY THE ABOVE INSCRIPTION
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