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CONTENTS

[ PREFACE ]

[ INTRODUCTION ]

[ POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT ]

[ ODE TO DOCTOR WILLIAM SANCROFT[1] ]

[ ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE ]

[ ODE TO KING WILLIAM ]

[ ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1] ]

[ TO MR. CONGREVE ]

[ OCCASIONED BY SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE'S LATE ILLNESS AND RECOVERY ]

[ WRITTEN IN A LADY'S IVORY TABLE-BOOK, 1698 ]

[ MRS. FRANCES HARRIS'S PETITION, 1699 ]

[ A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC ]

[ A BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF THE CUT-PURSE[1] ]

[ THE DISCOVERY ]

[ THE PROBLEM, ]

[ THE DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER, 1705 ]

[ TO CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH[1] ]

[ ON THE UNION ]

[ ON MRS. BIDDY FLOYD; ]

[ THE REVERSE ]

[ APOLLO OUTWITTED ]

[ ANSWER TO LINES FROM MAY FAIR[1] ]

[ VANBRUGH'S HOUSE[1] ]

[ VANBRUGH'S HOUSE,[1] ]

[ BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1] ]

[ BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1] ]

[ A GRUB-STREET ELEGY ]

[ THE EPITAPH ]

[ A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING ]

[ A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER[1] ]

[ ON THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD OF CASTLENOCK ]

[ A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1] ]

[ A CONFERENCE ]

[ TO LORD HARLEY, ON HIS MARRIAGE[1] ]

[ PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 1716 ]

[ HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX ]

[ TO MR. DELANY,[1] ]

[ AN ELEGY[1] ]

[ EPITAPH ON THE SAME ]

[ TO MRS. HOUGHTON OF BOURMONT, ]

[ VERSES ]

[ ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1] ]

[ APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 1720 ]

[ NEWS FROM PARNASSUS ]

[ APOLLO'S EDICT ]

[ THE DESCRIPTION OF AN IRISH FEAST ]

[ THE PROGRESS OF BEAUTY. 1719[1] ]

[ THE PROGRESS OF MARRIAGE[1] ]

[ THE PROGRESS OF POETRY ]

[ THE SOUTH-SEA PROJECT. 1721 ]

[ FABULA CANIS ET UMBRAE ]

[ A PROLOGUE ]

[ EPILOGUE[1] ]

[ PROLOGUE[1] ]

[ EPILOGUE ]

[ ANSWER ]

[ ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE ]

[ THE COUNTRY LIFE ]

[ PART OF A SUMMER SPENT AT GAULSTOWN HOUSE, ]

[ DR. DELANY'S VILLA[1] ]

[ ON ONE OF THE WINDOWS AT DELVILLE ]

[ CARBERIAE RUPES ]

[ CARBERY ROCKS ]

[ COPY OF THE BIRTH-DAY VERSES ]

[ ON DREAMS ]

[ SENT BY DR. DELANY TO DR. SWIFT, ]

[ THE ANSWER ]

[ A QUIET LIFE AND A GOOD NAME ]

[ A PASTORAL DIALOGUE ]

[ DESIRE AND POSSESSION 1727 ]

[ CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED. 1727 ]

[ DR. SWIFT TO MR. POPE, WHILE HE WAS WRITING THE "DUNCIAD" ]

[ HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS ]

[ THE PUPPET-SHOW ]

[ THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY ]

[ THE LOGICIANS REFUTED ]

[ THE ELEPHANT; OR, THE PARLIAMENT MAN ]

[ PAULUS: AN EPIGRAM ]

[ THE ANSWER. BY DR. SWIFT ]

[ A DIALOGUE ]

[ ON BURNING A DULL POEM ]

[ AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD ]

[ ON STEPHEN DUCK ]

[ THE LADY'S DRESSING-ROOM. 1730 ]

[ THE POWER OF TIME. 1730 ]

[ CASSINUS AND PETER ]

[ A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED. ]

[ STREPHON AND CHLOE ]

[ APOLLO; OR, A PROBLEM SOLVED ]

[ THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED ]

[ THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1] ]

[ JUDAS. 1731 ]

[ AN EPISTLE TO MR. GAY[1] ]

[ TO A LADY ]

[ EPIGRAM ON THE BUSTS[1] IN RICHMOND HERMITAGE. 1732 ]

[ ANOTHER ]

[ A CONCLUSION ]

[ DR. SWIFT'S ANSWER ]

[ TO THE REVEREND DR. SWIFT ]

[ VERSES LEFT WITH A SILVER STANDISH ON THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S DESK, ]

[ VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE FOREGOING PRESENTS ]

[ AN INVITATION, BY DR. DELANY, IN THE NAME OF DR. SWIFT ]

[ THE BEASTS' CONFESSION TO THE PRIEST, ]

[ PREFACE ]

[ THE PARSON'S CASE ]

[ THE HARDSHIP UPON THE LADIES ]

[ A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733 ]

[ THE STORM ]

[ ODE ON SCIENCE ]

[ A YOUNG LADY'S COMPLAINT[1] ]

[ ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT ]

[ ON POETRY, A RHAPSODY. 1733 ]

[ VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN ]

[ EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER ]

[ ON PSYCHE[1] ]

[ THE DEAN AND DUKE ]

[ WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734 ]

[ THE DEAN'S MANNER OF LIVING ]

[ EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER ]

[ VERSES MADE FOR FRUIT-WOMEN ]

[ ASPARAGUS ]

[ ONIONS ]

[ OYSTERS ]

[ HERRINGS ]

[ ORANGES ]

[ ON ROVER, A LADY'S SPANIEL ]

[ EPIGRAMS ON WINDOWS ]

[ TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1726 ]

[ A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD ]

[ CATULLUS DE LESBIA[1] ]

[ ON A CURATE'S COMPLAINT OF HARD DUTY ]

[ TO BETTY, THE GRISETTE ]

[ EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH[1] ]

[ EPIGRAM[1] ]

[ EPIGRAM ADDED BY STELLA[1] ]

[ JOAN CUDGELS NED ]

[ VERSES ON TWO CELEBRATED MODERN POETS ]

[ EPITAPH ON GENERAL GORGES,[1] AND LADY MEATH[2] ]

[ VERSES ON I KNOW NOT WHAT ]

[ DR. SWIFT TO HIMSELF ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY ]

[ AN ANSWER TO A FRIEND'S QUESTION ]

[ EPITAPH ]

[ EPITAPH ]

[ VERSES WRITTEN DURING LORD CARTERET'S ADMINISTRATION OF IRELAND ]

[ AN APOLOGY TO LADY CARTERET ]

[ THE BIRTH OF MANLY VIRTUE ]

[ ON PADDY'S CHARACTER OF THE "INTELLIGENCER."[1] 1729 ]

[ AN EPISTLE TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET ]

[ AN EPISTLE UPON AN EPISTLE ]

[ A LIBEL ON THE REVEREND DR. DELANY, AND HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET ]

[ TO DR. DELANY ]

[ DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729 ]

[ THE PHEASANT AND THE LARK, A FABLE BY DR. DELANY ]

[ ANSWER TO DR. DELANY'S FABLE OF THE PHEASANT AND LARK. ]

[ DEAN SMEDLEY'S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1] ]

[ THE DUKE'S ANSWER ]

[ PARODY ON A CHARACTER OF DEAN SMEDLEY, ]