The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 eBook

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Start of eBook	1
RIDDLES	1
POEMS COMPOSED AT MARKET HILL	1
POLITICAL POETRY	1
POEMS CHIEFLY RELATING TO IRISH POLITICS	1
TRIFLES	2
VERSES ADDRESSED TO SWIFT AND TO HIS MEMORY	3
POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT	3
TO LOVE[1]	15
A REBUS. BY VANESSA	16
THE DEAN’S ANSWER	16
STELLA’S BIRTH-DAY MARCH 13, 1718-19	16
STELLA’S BIRTH-DAY.[1] 1719-20	17
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	19
STELLA TO DR. SWIFT ON HIS BIRTH-DAY, NOV. 30, 1721	21
TO STELLA ON HER BIRTH-DAY, 1721-2	22
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	25
	25
TO STELLA	26
VERSES BY STELLA	26
A RECEIPT TO RESTORE STELLA’S YOUTH. 1724-5	26
STELLA’S BIRTH-DAY. 1724-5	27
	28
ON THE COLLAR OF TIGER,	29
STELLA’S BIRTH-DAY	29
DEATH AND DAPHNE	30
DAPHNE	32
	33
PETHOX THE GREAT. 1723	33
ON A PEN. 1724	35
ON GOLD	35
ON THE POSTERIORS	36
ON A HORN	36
ON A CORKSCREW	37
THE GULF OF ALL HUMAN POSSESSIONS 1724	37
LOUISA[1] TO STREPHON. 1724	38
A MAYPOLE. 1725	39
ON THE MOON	40
ON A CIRCLE	40
ON INK	40
ON THE FIVE SENSES	40
FONTINELLA[1] TO FLORINDA	41
AN ECHO	41
ON A SHADOW IN A GLASS;	41
ON TIME	42
ON THE GALLOWS	42
ON THE VOWELS	43
ON SNOW	43
ON A CANNON	43
ON A PAIR OF DICE	43
ON A CANDLE	43
TO LADY CARTERET	44
ANSWERED BY DR. SWIFT	44
TO LADY CARTERET	44
ANSWERED BY DR. SHERIDAN	45
A RIDDLE	45
ANSWER, BY MR. F——R	45
A LETTER TO DR. HELSHAM	45
PROBATUR ALITER	46
POEMS COMPOSED AT MARKET HILL	47
	49
	49
ON A VERY OLD GLASS AT MARKET-HILL	50
ANSWERED EXTEMPORE BY DR. SWIFT	50
	50
	50
A PASTORAL DIALOGUE. 1728	53
DERMOT	53
SHEELAH	53
DERMOT	53
SHEELAH	53
DERMOT	53
SHEELAH	53
DERMOT	53
SHEELAH	53
DERMOT	53
SHEELAH	53
DERMOT	54
THE GRAND QUESTION DEBATED:	54
THE PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION	54
DRAPIER’S-HILL.[1] 1730	58
THE DEAN’S REASONS	58
	60
ROBIN AND HARRY.[1] 1730	62
A PANEGYRIC ON THE DEAN	63
TWELVE ARTICLES[1]	68
POLITICAL POETRY	68
ON THE RECORDER OF BLESSINGTON’S ADDRESS TO QUEEN ANNE	68
MR. WILLIAM CROWE’S ADDRESS TO HER MAJESTY, TURNED INTO METRE	69
JACK FRENCHMAN’S LAMENTATION[1]	70
THE GARDEN PLOT	72
SID HAMET’S ROD	72
THE VIRTUES OF SID HAMET[1] THE MAGICIAN’S ROD. 1710[2]	72
THE FAMOUS SPEECH-MAKER OF ENGLAND	74
PARODY ON THE RECORDER’S SPEECH	78
THE RECORDER’S SPEECH EXPLAINED BY THE TORIES	78
THE SPEECH	78
BALLAD	79
ATLAS; OR, THE MINISTER OF STATE[1]	80
	80
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG	81
THE SPEECH	81
	83
THE FABLE OF MIDAS.[1] 1711-12	84
TOLAND’S INVITATION TO DISMAL[1] TO DINE WITH THE CALVES’ HEAD CLUB	86
PEACE AND DUNKIRK	87
THE AUTHOR UPON HIMSELF	90
THE FAGOT[1]	92
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	95
DENNIS’ INVITATION TO STEELE	97
IN SICKNESS	100
THE FABLE OF THE BITCHES[1]	100
THE MORAL	101
HORACE, BOOK III, ODE II	101
ON THE CHURCH’S DANGER	102
A POEM ON HIGH CHURCH	102
A TALE OF A NETTLE[1]	103
	104
POEMS CHIEFLY RELATING TO IRISH POLITICS	105
	107
THE RUN UPON THE BANKERS[1]	107
	110
THE EPITAPH	110
VERSES OCCASIONED BY WHITSHED’S [1] MOTTO ON HIS COACH. 1724	111
	112
EPIGRAM ON WOOD’S BRASS MONEY	113
	113
WOOD AN INSECT. 1725	113
ON WOOD THE IRONMONGER. 1725	114
WILL WOOD’S PETITION TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND	115
A NEW SONG ON WOOD’S HALFPENCE	115
	120
ON THE SAME	120
ON THE SAME	120
EPIGRAM	120
	120
THE DOG AND THIEF. 1726	125
	125
TIM AND THE FABLES	129
TOM AND DICK[1]	130
DICK, A MAGGOT	131
CLAD ALL IN BROWN	131
DICK’S VARIETY	131
TRAULUS. PART I	132
TRAULUS. PART II	134
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ON THE IRISH BISHOPS.[1] 1731	135
HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX	137
ON MR. PULTENEY’S[1] BEING PUT OUT OF THE COUNCIL. 1731	138
BETTESWORTH’S EXULTATION	140
AN EPIGRAM	140
	141
	141
ON THE ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL,[1] AND BETTESWORTH	143
ON THE IRISH CLUB. 1733[1]	143
ON NOISY TOM	144
	144
EPIGRAM	146
A CHARACTER, PANEGYRIC, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGION CLUB	146
ON A PRINTER’S[1] BEING SENT TO NEWGATE	151
AY AND NO	153
A BALLAD	153
A WICKED TREASONABLE LIBEL[1]	154
	155
ON CARTHY’S TRANSLATION OF HORACE	155
ON CARTHY MINOTAURUS	155
ON THE SAME	155
ON THE SAME	155
IMITATED	155
AD HORATIUM CUM CARTHIO CONSTRICTUM	155
IMITATED	155
AN IRISH EPIGRAM ON THE SAME	155
ON CARTHY’S TRANSLATION OF LONGINUS	156
RATIO INTER LONGINUM ET CARTHIUM COMPUTATA	156
ON THE SAME	156
CARTHY KNOCKED OUT SOME TEETH FROM HIS NEWS-BOY	156
	156
TO CARTHY	156
TO CARTHY, ATTRIBUTING SOME PERFORMANCES TO MR. DUNKIN	156
UPON CARTHY’S THREATENING TO TRANSLATE PINDAR	156
DR. SWIFT WROTE THE FOLLOWING EPIGRAM	157
POETICAL EPISTLE TO DR. SHERIDAN	157
LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW[1] IN THE EPISCOPAL PALACE AT KILMORE	157
	158
THE UPSTART	158
ON THE ARMS OF THE TOWN OF WATERFORD[1]	158
TRANSLATION	159
VERSES ON BLENHEIM[1]	159
AN EXCELLENT NEW SONG[1] UPON THE LATE GRAND JURY	159
	160
BY HONEST JO. ONE OF HIS GRACE’S FARMERS IN FINGAL	160
TO HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN	161
TO THE CITIZENS[1]	162
PUNCH’S PETITION TO THE LADIES	163
EPIGRAM	164
EPIGRAM ON JOSIAH HORT[1]	164
EPIGRAM[1]	165
TRIFLES	165
MUSA CLONSHOGHIANA	165
A LEFT-HANDED LETTER[1]	165
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S IN ANSWER TO HIS LEFT-HANDED LETTER	166
TO MR. THOMAS SHERIDAN	167
AD AMICUM ERUDITUM THOMAM SHERIDAN	167
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S	169
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S	169
AN ANSWER, BY DELANY, TO THOMAS SHERIDAN	169
A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY	170
ANOTHER REPLY, BY SHERIDAN	170
TO THOMAS SHERIDAN	170
SWIFT TO SHERIDAN, IN REPLY	171
AN ANSWER BY SHERIDAN	171
TO DR. SHERIDAN. 1718	172
THE ANSWER, BY DR. SHERIDAN	172
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THE DEAN’S ANSWER	173
DR. SHERIDAN’S REPLY TO THE DEAN	174
TO THE SAME. BY DR. SHERIDAN	174
THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S	175
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK’S	175
THE DEAN TO THOMAS SHERIDAN	176
TO DR. SHERIDAN[1]	177
DR. SHERIDAN’S ANSWER	178
DR. SWIFT’S REPLY	178
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GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN’S ANSWER	180
	181
POSTSCRIPT	181
TO GEORGE-NIM-DAN-DEAN, ESQ.	182
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	184
ON DAN JACKSON’S PICTURE, CUT IN SILK AND PAPER[1]	184
ON THE SAME PICTURE	185
ON THE SAME	185
ON THE SAME PICTURE	185
ON THE SAME PICTURE	185
DAN JACKSON’S DEFENCE	186
MR. ROCHFORT’S REPLY	187
DR. DELANY’S REPLY	188
SHERIDAN’S REPLY	188
A REJOINDER BY THE DEAN IN JACKSON’S NAME	189
ANOTHER REJOINDER BY THE DEAN, IN JACKSON’S NAME	189
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THE PARDON	190
	190
DEAR DAN,	191
POSTSCRIPT	192
SHERIDAN TO SWIFT	192
SHERIDAN TO SWIFT	193
SWIFT TO SHERIDAN	193
MARY THE COOK-MAID’S LETTER TO DR. SHERIDAN. 1723	193
A PORTRAIT FROM THE LIFE	194
ON STEALING A CROWN, WHEN THE DEAN WAS ASLEEP	194
THE DEAN’S ANSWER	195
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THE EPILOGUE	196
THE SONG	196
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THE PLAGUES OF A COUNTRY LIFE	198
PALINODIA[1]	198
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THE FIVE LADIES’ ANSWER TO THE BEAU	201
THE BEAU’S REPLY TO THE FIVE LADIES’ ANSWER	202
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ANSWER.[1] BY DR. SWIFT	203
AN EPISTLE TO TWO FRIENDS[1]	204
TO DR. SHERIDAN	205
DR. HELSHAM’S ANSWER	205
AN ANSWER TO A SCANDALOUS POEM	209
BY DR. SWIFT	209
ADVERTISEMENT FROM THE CLOUDS	209
PEG RADCLIFFE THE HOSTESS’S INVITATION	212
VERSES BY SHERIDAN	213
VERSES ADDRESSED TO SWIFT AND TO HIS MEMORY	214
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I	215
II	215
III	216
IV	216
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AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT NUGENT, ESQ.[1]	217
ON THE DRAPIER. BY DR. DUNKIN.[1]	218
EPITAPH PROPOSED FOR DR. SWIFT. 1745	219
TO THE MEMORY OF DOCTOR SWIFT	219
A SCHOOLBOY’S THEME	221
VERSES ON THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS	221
ON DR. SWIFT’S LEAVING HIS ESTATE TO IDIOTS	222
ON SEVERAL PETTY PIECES	222
ON FAULKNER’S EDITION OF SWIFT	222
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TO DOCTOR DELANY	223
EPIGRAM	223
AN INSCRIPTION	223
AN EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY THE ABOVE INSCRIPTION	223
INDEX	223