The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1
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- THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D., VOLUME I
- Edited By William Ernst Browning
- London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.
- 1910
- PREFACE
- W. E. B.
- INTRODUCTION
- POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
- ODE TO DOCTOR WILLIAM SANCROFT[1]
- LATE LORD BISHOP OF CANTERBURY
- ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE
- WRITTEN AT MOOR-PARK IN JUNE 1689
- ODE TO KING WILLIAM
- ON HIS SUCCESSES IN IRELAND
- ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1]
- TO MR. CONGREVE
- WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER, 1693
- OCCASIONED BY SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE'S LATE ILLNESS AND RECOVERY
- WRITTEN IN DECEMBER, 1693
- WRITTEN IN A LADY'S IVORY TABLE-BOOK, 1698
- MRS. FRANCES HARRIS'S PETITION, 1699
- A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC
- WRITTEN AT THE CASTLE OF DUBLIN, 1699
- A BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF THE CUT-PURSE[1]
- WRITTEN IN AUGUST, 1702
- THE DISCOVERY
- THE PROBLEM,
- THE DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER, 1705
- TO CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH[1]
- ON THE UNION
- ON MRS. BIDDY FLOYD;
- OR, THE RECEIPT TO FORM A BEAUTY. 1707
- THE REVERSE
- APOLLO OUTWITTED
- TO THE HONOURABLE MRS. FINCH,[1] UNDER HER NAME OF ARDELIA
- ANSWER TO LINES FROM MAY FAIR[1]
- NOW FIRST PUBLISHED
- VANBRUGH'S HOUSE[1]
- BUILT FROM THE RUINS OF WHITEHALL THAT WAS BURNT, 1703
- VANBRUGH'S HOUSE,[1]
- BUILT FROM THE RUINS OF WHITEHALL THAT WAS BURNT, 1703
- BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
- BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
- A GRUB-STREET ELEGY
- ON THE SUPPOSED DEATH OF PARTRIDGE THE ALMANACK MAKER.[1] 1708
- THE EPITAPH
- A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING
- WRITTEN IN APRIL 1709, AND FIRST PRINTED IN "THE TATLER"[1]
- A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER[1]
- WRITTEN IN OCT., 1710; AND FIRST PRINTED IN "THE TATLER," NO. 238
- ON THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD OF CASTLENOCK
- 1710
- A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1]
- A CONFERENCE
- BETWEEN SIR HARRY PIERCE'S CHARIOT, AND MRS. D. STOPFORD'S CHAIR [1]
- TO LORD HARLEY, ON HIS MARRIAGE[1]
- OCTOBER 31, 1713
- PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 1716
- HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX
- ADDRESSED TO ARCHBISHOP KING,[1] 1718
- TO MR. DELANY,[1]
- OCT. 10, 1718 NINE IN THE MORNING
- AN ELEGY[1]
- EPITAPH ON THE SAME
- TO MRS. HOUGHTON OF BOURMONT,
- ON PRAISING HER HUSBAND TO DR. SWIFT
- VERSES
- WRITTEN ON A WINDOW, AT THE DEANERY HOUSE, ST. PATRICK'S
- ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1]
- APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 1720
- NEWS FROM PARNASSUS
- APOLLO'S EDICT
- OCCASIONED BY "NEWS FROM PARNASSUS"
- 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
- BILLET TO A COMPANY OF PLAYERS SENT WITH THE PROLOGUE
- EPILOGUE[1]
- TO MR. HOPPY'S BENEFIT-NIGHT, AT SMOCK-ALLEY
- PROLOGUE[1]
- EPILOGUE
- ANSWER
- ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE
- THE COUNTRY LIFE
- PART OF A SUMMER SPENT AT GAULSTOWN HOUSE,
- THE SEAT OF GEORGE ROCHFORT, ESQ.
- DR. DELANY'S VILLA[1]
- ON ONE OF THE WINDOWS AT DELVILLE
- CARBERIAE RUPES
- IN COMITATU CORGAGENSI. SCRIPSIT JUN. ANN. DOM. 1723
- CARBERY ROCKS
- TRANSLATED BY DR. DUNKIN
- COPY OF THE BIRTH-DAY VERSES
- ON MR. FORD[1]
- ON DREAMS
- AN IMITATION OF PETRONIUS
- SENT BY DR. DELANY TO DR. SWIFT,
- IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO SPEAK TO HIM WHEN HE WAS DEAF. 1724
- THE ANSWER
- A QUIET LIFE AND A GOOD NAME
- TO A FRIEND WHO MARRIED A SHREW. 1724
- 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"
- WRITTEN AT LONDON
- BOUTS RIMEZ[1] ON SIGNORA DOMITILLA
- HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS
- UPON THEIR RIDING THE CIRCUIT
- THE PUPPET-SHOW
- THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY
- IN A LETTER TO A PERSON OF QUALITY. 1728
- THE LOGICIANS REFUTED
- THE ELEPHANT; OR, THE PARLIAMENT MAN
- PAULUS: AN EPIGRAM
- THE ANSWER. BY DR. SWIFT
- A DIALOGUE
- WRITTEN BY MR. LINDSAY, IN 1729 DR. SWIFT
- LAWYER
- DR. SWIFT
- LAWYER
- ON BURNING A DULL POEM
- AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD
- OR, THE TRUE ENGLISH DEAN[1] TO BE HANGED FOR A RAPE. 1730
- ON STEPHEN DUCK
- THE THRESHER, AND FAVOURITE POET
- THE LADY'S DRESSING-ROOM. 1730
- THE POWER OF TIME. 1730
- CASSINUS AND PETER
- A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED.
- WRITTEN FOR THE HONOUR OF THE FAIR SEX. 1731
- STREPHON AND CHLOE
- 1731
- APOLLO; OR, A PROBLEM SOLVED
- 1731
- THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED
- 1731
- THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1]
- JUDAS. 1731
- AN EPISTLE TO MR. GAY[1]
- 1731
- TO A LADY
- EPIGRAM ON THE BUSTS[1] IN RICHMOND HERMITAGE. 1732
- ANOTHER
- A CONCLUSION
- DRAWN FROM THE ABOVE EPIGRAMS, AND SENT TO THE DRAPIER
- 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,
- ON OBSERVING HOW MOST MEN MISTAKE THEIR OWN TALENTS. 1732
- PREFACE
- THE PARSON'S CASE
- THE HARDSHIP UPON THE LADIES
- 1733
- A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733
- THE STORM
- MINERVA'S PETITION
- ODE ON SCIENCE
- A YOUNG LADY'S COMPLAINT[1]
- FOR THE STAY OF THE DEAN IN ENGLAND
- ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT
- WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER, 1731 [1]
- ON POETRY, A RHAPSODY. 1733
- VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN
- EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER
- INTENDED TO BE PLACED UNDER THE HEAD OF GULLIVER. 1733
- ON PSYCHE[1]
- THE DEAN AND DUKE
- 1734
- WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734
- THE DEAN'S COMPLAINT, TRANSLATED AND ANSWERED
- THE DEAN'S MANNER OF LIVING
- EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER
- VERSES MADE FOR FRUIT-WOMEN
- APPLES
- ASPARAGUS
- ONIONS
- OYSTERS
- HERRINGS
- ORANGES
- ON ROVER, A LADY'S SPANIEL
- INSTRUCTIONS TO A PAINTER[1]
- EPIGRAMS ON WINDOWS
- SEVERAL OF THEM WRITTEN IN 1726
- II. AT AN INN IN ENGLAND
- IV. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER
- VI. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER
- VIII. ON SEEING VERSES WRITTEN UPON WINDOWS AT INNS
- IX. ANOTHER
- XI. ANOTHER, AT HOLYHEAD [1]
- TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1726
- A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD
- WOOLLEN-DRAPER IN DUBLIN, WHOSE SIGN WAS THE GOLDEN FLEECE
- 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
- INSCRIBED ON A MARBLE TABLET, IN BERKELEY CHURCH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- EPITAPH
- ON FREDERICK, DUKE OF SCHOMBERG[1]
- 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
- 1729
- TO DR. DELANY
- ON THE LIBELS WRITTEN AGAINST HIM. 1729
- DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729
- THE PHEASANT AND THE LARK, A FABLE BY DR. DELANY
- 1730
- ANSWER TO DR. DELANY'S FABLE OF THE PHEASANT AND LARK.
- 1730
- DEAN SMEDLEY'S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1]
- THE DUKE'S ANSWER
- PARODY ON A CHARACTER OF DEAN SMEDLEY,
- WRITTEN IN LATIN BY HIMSELF[1]
- END OF VOL. I
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