THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
VOL. II
LONDON
G. Bell And Sons, Ltd. 1910
Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham And Co.
Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London
CONTENTS
[ POEMS ADDRESSED TO VANESSA AND STELLA ]
[ 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 ]
[ A NEW YEAR'S GIFT FOR BEC [1] ]
[ TO STELLA WRITTEN ON THE DAY OF HER BIRTH ]
[ 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 ]
[ RIDDLES BY DR. SWIFT AND HIS FRIENDS. ]
[ THE GULF OF ALL HUMAN POSSESSIONS, 1724 ]
[ LOUISA[1] TO STREPHON. 1724 ]
[ ON A CANDLE, TO LADY CARTERET ]
[ TO LADY CARTERET, BY DR. DELANY ]
[ TO LADY CARTERET, BY DR. SWIFT ]
[ 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 ]
[ THE DEAN'S REASONS FOR NOT BUILDING AT DRAPIER'S-HILL ]
[ THE REVOLUTION AT MARKET-HILL ]
[ A PANEGYRIC ON THE DEAN IN THE PERSON OF A LADY IN THE NORTH [l] 1730 ]
[ 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 VIRTUES OF SID HAMET[1] THE MAGICIAN'S ROD. 1710[2] ]
[ PARODY ON THE RECORDER'S SPEECH TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF ORMOND, 4TH JULY, 1711 ]
[ THE RECORDER'S SPEECH EXPLAINED BY THE TORIES ]
[ ATLAS; OR, THE MINISTER OF STATE[1] TO THE LORD TREASURER OXFORD, 1710 ]
[ AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG BEING THE INTENDED SPEECH OF A FAMOUS ORATOR AGAINST PEACE. 1711 ]
[ 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 ]
[ IMITATION OF PART OF THE SIXTH SATIRE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE.[1] 1714 ]
[ HORACE, BOOK II, ODE I, PARAPHRASED, ADDRESSED TO RICHARD STEELE, ESQ. 1714 ]
[ DENNIS INVITATION TO STEELE, HORACE, BOOK I, EP. V ]
[ IN SICKNESS, WRITTEN IN OCTOBER, 1714 ]
[ THE FABLE OF THE BITCHES[1], WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1715, ON AN ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE TEST ACT ]
[ A SATIRICAL ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A LATE FAMOUS GENERAL[1] ]
[ POEMS CHIEFLY RELATING TO IRISH POLITICS ]
[ PARODY ON THE SPEECH OF DR. BENJAMIN PRATT,[1] PROVOST OF TRINITY COLLEGE TO THE PRINCE OF WALES ]
[ AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG[1] ON A SEDITIOUS PAMPHLET. 1720-21 ]
[ THE RUN UPON THE BANKERS[1] ]
[ A QUIBBLING ELEGY ON JUDGE BOAT, 1723 ]
[ VERSES OCCASIONED BY WHITSHED'S [1] MOTTO ON HIS COACH. 1724 ]
[ PROMETHEUS[1] ON WOOD THE PATENTEE'S IRISH HALFPENCE[2], 1724 ]
[ VERSES ON THE REVIVAL OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH,[1] DURING WALPOLE'S ADMINISTRATION, A. D. 1725 ]
[ EPIGRAM ON WOOD'S BRASS MONEY ]
[ A SIMILE ON OUR WANT OF SILVER, AND THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY IT. 1725 ]
[ ON WOOD THE IRONMONGER. 1725 ]
[ WILL WOOD'S PETITION TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND, BEING AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG, ]
[ A NEW SONG ON WOOD'S HALFPENCE ]
[ A SERIOUS POEM UPON WILLIAM WOOD, BRAZIER, TINKER, HARD-WAREMAN, COINER, FOUNDER, AND ESQUIRE ]
[ VERSES ON THE UPRIGHT JUDGE, WHO CONDEMNED THE DRAPIER'S PRINTER ]
[ EPIGRAM IN ANSWER TO THE DEAN'S VERSES ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS [1] ]
[ HORACE, BOOK I, ODE XIV PARAPHRASED AND INSCRIBED TO IRELAND 1726 ]
[ VERSES ON THE SUDDEN DRYING UP OF ST. PATRICK'S WELL NEAR TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. 1726 ]
[ ON READING DR. YOUNG'S SATIRE, CALLED THE UNIVERSAL PASSION, 1726 ]
[ A DIALOGUE[1] BETWEEN MAD MULLINIX AND TIMOTHY, 1728 ]
[ CLAD ALL IN BROWN, TO DICK[1] ]
[ TRAULUS. PART I, A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TOM AND ROBIN[1], 1730 ]
[ A FABLE OF THE LION AND OTHER BEASTS ]
[ ON THE IRISH BISHOPS.[1] 1731 ]
[ HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX., ADDRESSED TO HUMPHRY FRENCH, ESQ.[1] LATE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN ]
[ ON MR. PULTENEY'S[1] BEING PUT OUT OF THE COUNCIL. 1731 ]
[ 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 ]
[ A CHARACTER, PANEGYRIC, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGION CLUB, 1736 ]
[ ON A PRINTER'S[1] BEING SENT TO NEWGATE ]
[ AY AND NO, A TALE FROM DUBLIN.[1] WRITTEN IN 1737 ]
[ A WICKED TREASONABLE LIBEL[1] ]
[ EPIGRAMS AGAINST CARTHY BY SWIFT AND OTHERS ]
[ ON CARTHY'S TRANSLATION OF HORACE ]
[ AD HORATIUM CUM CARTHIO CONSTRICTUM ]
[ AN IRISH EPIGRAM ON THE SAME ]
[ ON CARTHY'S TRANSLATION OF LONGINUS ]
[ RATIO INTER LONGINUM ET CARTHIUM COMPUTATA ]
[ CARTHY KNOCKED OUT SOME TEETH FROM HIS NEWS-BOY ]
[ ON CARTHY'S PUBLISHING SEVERAL LAMPOONS, UNDER THE NAMES OF INFAMOUS POETASTERS ]
[ 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 ]
[ ON THE ARMS OF THE TOWN OF WATERFORD[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 ]
[ PUNCH'S PETITION TO THE LADIES ]
[ GEORGE ROCHFORT'S VERSES FOR THE REV. DR. SWIFT, DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S, AT LARACOR, NEAR TRIM ]
[ A LEFT-HANDED LETTER[1] TO DR. SHERIDAN, 1718 ]
[ TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S IN ANSWER TO HIS LEFT-HANDED LETTER ]
[ 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 ]
[ SWIFT TO SHERIDAN, IN REPLY ]
[ THE ANSWER, BY DR. SHERIDAN ]
[ DR. SHERIDAN TO DR. SWIFT, 1718 ]
[ 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 ]
[ A COPY OF A COPY OF VERSES FROM THOMAS SHERIDAN, CLERK, TO GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN, ESQ.[1] ]
[ GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN'S ANSWER ]
[ GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN'S INVITATION TO THOMAS SHERIDAN ]
[ TO GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN, ESQ. UPON HIS INCOMPARABLE VERSES. BY DR. DELANY IN SHERIDAN'S NAME[1] ]
[ 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] ]
[ 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 LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS OF DANIEL JACKSON ]
[ MARY THE COOK-MAID'S LETTER TO DR. SHERIDAN. 1723 ]
[ ON STEALING A CROWN, WHEN THE DEAN WAS ASLEEP ]
[ A PROLOGUE TO A PLAY PERFORMED AT MR. SHERIDAN'S SCHOOL. SPOKEN BY ONE OF THE SCHOLARS ]
[ A NEW YEAR'S GIFT FOR THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S GIVEN HIM AT QUILCA. BY SHERIDAN, 1723 ]
[ 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 FIVE LADIES' ANSWER TO THE BEAU, WITH THE WIG AND WINGS AT HIS HEAD BY DR. SHERIDAN ]
[ THE BEAU'S REPLY TO THE FIVE LADIES' ANSWER ]
[ DR. SHERIDAN'S BALLAD ON BALLY-SPELLIN.[1] 1728 ]
[ AN EPISTLE TO TWO FRIENDS[1] TO DR. HELSHAM [2] ]
[ A NEW SIMILE FOR THE LADIES WITH USEFUL ANNOTATIONS, BY DR. SHERIDAN[1] 1733 ]
[ AN ANSWER TO A SCANDALOUS POEM ]
[ PEG RADCLIFFE THE HOSTESS'S INVITATION ]
[ VERSES ADDRESSED TO SWIFT AND TO HIS MEMORY ]
[ TO THE REV. DR. SWIFT, DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S A BIRTH-DAY POEM. NOV. 30, 1736 ]
[ EPIGRAMS OCCASIONED BY DR. SWIFT'S INTENDED HOSPITAL FOR IDIOTS AND LUNATICS ]
[ 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 ]
[ VERSES ON THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS, BY MR. JAMES STERLING, OF THE COUNTY OF MEATH ]
[ ON DR. SWIFT'S LEAVING HIS ESTATE TO IDIOTS ]
[ ON SEVERAL PETTY PIECES LATELY PUBLISHED AGAINST DEAN SWIFT, NOW DEAF AND INFIRM ]
[ ON FAULKNER'S EDITION OF SWIFT ]
[ EPIGRAM, ON LORD ORRERY'S REMARKS ON SWIFT'S LIFE AND WRITINGS ]
[ TO DOCTOR DELANY ON HIS BOOK ENTITLED "OBSERVATIONS ON LORD ORRERY'S REMARKS" ]
[ AN EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY THE ABOVE INSCRIPTION ]