Miscellaneous poems

Jonathan Swift

Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; White, Cochrane, and Company and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, London; and John Cumming, Dublin., 1814

Contents

• Page: 51
• News from Parnassus: 128
• Description of an Irish Feast: 134
• The Progress of Beauty: 141
• The South Sea Project: 147
• The Dog and Shadow: 156
• Epilogue to a Play for the Benefit of distressed Weavers: 163
• A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a late famous General: 174
• Copy of the Birthday Verses on Mr Ford: 180
• Verses sent by Dr Delany to Dr Swift: 186
• Desire and Possession: 196
• Dr Swift to Mr Pope: 204
• The Puppetshow: 210
• The Logicians Refuted: 222
• A Dialogue between an eminent Lawyer and Dr Swift: 230
• The True English Dean: 239
• The Power of Time: 249
• Strephon and Cloe: 255
• Apollo or a Problem Solved: 264
• An Epistle upon an Epistle: 269
• Verses to a Lady: 275
• Epigram on the Busts in Richmond Hermitage: 284
• An Invitation by Dr Delany in the name of Dr Swift: 290
• The Parsons Case: 300
• A Love Song in the modern Taste: 302
• A young Ladys Complaint c: 308
• On the Death of Dr Swift: 326
• Verses sent to the Dean on his Birthday: 345
• Epigram by Mr Bowyer: 352
• Epigrams on Windows: 359
• A Motto for Mr Jason Hazard: 365
• Epitaph inscribed on a Marble Tablet in Berkeley Church: 377
• The Birth of Manly Virtue O: 386
• An Epistle to Lord Carteret by Dr Delany: 392
• Cadenus and Vanessa: 441
• Verses to Love: 466
• Verses to Stella on her Birthday: 481
• Receipt to restore Stellas Youth: 488
• Death and Daphne to a young Lady: 494
• Stellas Birthday: 500

Popular passages

Page 335 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day. St. John himself will scarce forbear To bite his pen and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug, and cry, " I'm sorry — but we all must die...

Page 338 - Without regarding private ends, Spent all his credit for his friends ; And only chose the wise and good ; No flatterers ; no allies in blood : But succour'd virtue in distress, And seldom fail'd of good success ; As numbers in their hearts must own, Who, but for him, had been unknown.

Page 299 - As jEsop would the world persuade ; He better understands his trade : Nor comes whene'er his lady whistles, But carries loads, and feeds on thistles. Our author's meaning, I presume, is A creature bipes et implumis ; Wherein the moralist design'd A compliment on human kind ; For here he owns, that now and then Beasts may degenerate into men.

Page 339 - LIBERTY was all his cry; for her he stood prepar'd to die; for her he boldly stood alone; for her he oft" expos'd his own. Two kingdoms, just as faction led, had set a price upon his head ; but not a traitor could be found, to sell him for six hundred pound. Had he...

Page 331 - Behold the fatal day arrive! How is the Dean? He's just alive. Now the departing prayer is read: He hardly breathes. The Dean is dead.

Page 470 - As fine as daubers' hands can make it, In hopes that strangers may mistake it, We think it both a shame and sin To quit the true old Angel Inn.

Page 54 - Dame, said I, as loud as I could bawl, do you know what a Loss I have had? Nay, said she, my Lord Col/way's Folks are all very sad; For my Lord Dromedary comes a Tuesday without fail; Pugh! said I, but that's not the Business that I ail.

Page 84 - No hurt shall come to you or yours : Uut for that pack of churlish boors, Not fit to live on Christian ground, They and their houses shall be drown'd; While you shall see your cottage rise, And grow a church before your eyes.

Page 88 - what's this you tell us? I hope you don't believe me jealous! But yet, methinks, I feel it true, And really yours is budding too — Nay, — now I cannot stir my foot; It feels as if 'twere taking root.

Page 297 - Though hard to find in every case The fittest man to fill a place: His promises he ne'er forgot, But took memorials on the spot; His enemies, for want of charity, Said, he affected popularity: 'Tis true, the people understood, That all he did was for their good; Their kind affections he has tried; No love is lost on either side.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Miscellaneous poems; Volume 14 of The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and Poems, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes, and a Life of the Author, by Walter Scott, Esq, John Cumming (Publisher)
• Author: Jonathan Swift
• Contributors: John Cumming (Publisher), Archibald Constable & Co, White, Cockrane and Co, Gale, Curtis and Fenner
• Publisher: Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; White, Cochrane, and Company and Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, London; and John Cumming, Dublin., 1814
• Original from: Oxford University
• Digitized: Jan 9, 2007