RIDDLES

Pethox the Great 59
On a Pen 62
On Gold 63
On the Posteriors 64
On a Horn 65
On a Corkscrew 66
The Gulf of all Human Possessions 67
Louisa to Strephon 70
A Maypole 71
On the Moon 72
On a Circle 73
On Ink 73
On the Five Senses 74
Fontinella to Florinda 75
An Echo 76
On a Shadow in a Glass 77
On Time 78
On the Gallows 78
On the Vowels 79
On Snow 79
On a Cannon 80
On a Pair of Dice 80
On a Candle 80
To Lady Carteret by Delany 82
Answered by Dr. Swift 83
To Lady Carteret 83
Answered by Sheridan 84
A Riddle 84
Answer by Mr. F——­r 84
A Letter to Dr. Helsham 85
Probatur aliter 87

POEMS COMPOSED AT MARKET HILL

On cutting down the Thorn 89
To Dean Swift 92
Dean Swift at Sir Arthur Acheson’s 93
On a very old Glass at Market Hill 94
Answered extempore by Dr. Swift 95
Epitaph 95
My Lady’s Lamentation 95
A Pastoral Dialogue 99
The Grand Question debated 101
Drapier’s Hill 106
The Dean’s Reasons 107
The Revolution at Market Hill 110
Robin and Harry 113
A Panegyric on the Dean 115
Twelve Articles 125

POLITICAL POETRY

Parody 127
Jack Frenchman’s Lamentation 129
The Garden Plot 132
Sid Hamet’s Rod 133
The Famous Speech-Maker 136
Parody on the Recorder’s Speech 143
Ballad 144
Atlas; or the Minister of State 147
Lines on Harley’s being stabbed 148
An Excellent New Song 148
The Windsor Prophecy 150
Corinna, a Ballad 152
The Fable of Midas 153
Toland’s Invitation to Dismal 156
Peace and Dunkirk 157
Imitation of Horace, Epist.  I, vii 159
The Author upon Himself 163
The Fagot 166
Imitation of Horace, Sat.  VI, ii 167
Horace paraphrased, Odes ii, i 171
Dennis’ Invitation to Steele 175
In Sickness 180
The Fable of the Bitches 181
To the Earl of Oxford in the Tower 182
On the Church’s Danger 183
A Poem on High Church 183
The Story of Phaethon 184
A Tale of a Nettle 186
A Satirical Elegy 187

POEMS CHIEFLY RELATING TO IRISH POLITICS

Parody on Pratt’s Speech 189
An Excellent New Song 192
The Run upon the Bankers 193
Upon the Horrid Plot 196
Quibbling Elegy on Judge Boat 198
The Epitaph 199
Verses on Whitshed’s Motto 200
Prometheus 201
Verses on the Order of the Bath 203
Epigram on Wood’s Brass Money 203
A Simile 204
Wood an Insect 205
Wood the Ironmonger 206
Wood’s Petition 207
A New Song on Wood’s Halfpence 209
A Serious Poem 211
An Excellent New Song 215
Verses on the Judge who condemned the Drapier’s Printer 217
On the Same 218
On the Same 218