The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume I

About this eBook

Author

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745

Title

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1

Credits

E-text prepared by Clare Boothby, G. Graustein, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Poetry

Category

Text

eBook-No.

14353

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14353

Release Date

December 14, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D., VOLUME I
2. 2.Edited By William Ernst Browning — London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. — 1910
3. 3.PREFACE — W. E. B.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
6. 6.ODE TO DOCTOR WILLIAM SANCROFT[1] — LATE LORD BISHOP OF CANTERBURY
7. 7.ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE — WRITTEN AT MOOR-PARK IN JUNE 1689
8. 8.ODE TO KING WILLIAM — ON HIS SUCCESSES IN IRELAND
9. 9.ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1]
10. 10.TO MR. CONGREVE — WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER, 1693
11. 11.OCCASIONED BY SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE'S LATE ILLNESS AND RECOVERY — WRITTEN IN DECEMBER, 1693
12. 12.WRITTEN IN A LADY'S IVORY TABLE-BOOK, 1698
13. 13.MRS. FRANCES HARRIS'S PETITION, 1699
14. 14.A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC — WRITTEN AT THE CASTLE OF DUBLIN, 1699
15. 15.A BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF THE CUT-PURSE[1] — WRITTEN IN AUGUST, 1702
16. 16.THE DISCOVERY
17. 17.THE PROBLEM,
18. 18.THE DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER, 1705
19. 19.TO CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH[1]
20. 20.ON THE UNION
21. 21.ON MRS. BIDDY FLOYD; — OR, THE RECEIPT TO FORM A BEAUTY. 1707
22. 22.THE REVERSE
23. 23.APOLLO OUTWITTED — TO THE HONOURABLE MRS. FINCH,[1] UNDER HER NAME OF ARDELIA
24. 24.ANSWER TO LINES FROM MAY FAIR[1] — NOW FIRST PUBLISHED
25. 25.VANBRUGH'S HOUSE[1] — BUILT FROM THE RUINS OF WHITEHALL THAT WAS BURNT, 1703
26. 26.VANBRUGH'S HOUSE,[1] — BUILT FROM THE RUINS OF WHITEHALL THAT WAS BURNT, 1703
27. 27.BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
28. 28.BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
29. 29.A GRUB-STREET ELEGY — ON THE SUPPOSED DEATH OF PARTRIDGE THE ALMANACK MAKER.[1] 1708
30. 30.THE EPITAPH
31. 31.A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING — WRITTEN IN APRIL 1709, AND FIRST PRINTED IN "THE TATLER"[1]
32. 32.A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER[1] — WRITTEN IN OCT., 1710; AND FIRST PRINTED IN "THE TATLER," NO. 238
33. 33.ON THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD OF CASTLENOCK — 1710
34. 34.A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1]
35. 35.A CONFERENCE — BETWEEN SIR HARRY PIERCE'S CHARIOT, AND MRS. D. STOPFORD'S CHAIR [1]
36. 36.TO LORD HARLEY, ON HIS MARRIAGE[1] — OCTOBER 31, 1713
37. 37.PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 1716
38. 38.HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX — ADDRESSED TO ARCHBISHOP KING,[1] 1718
39. 39.TO MR. DELANY,[1] — OCT. 10, 1718 NINE IN THE MORNING
40. 40.AN ELEGY[1]
41. 41.EPITAPH ON THE SAME
42. 42.TO MRS. HOUGHTON OF BOURMONT, — ON PRAISING HER HUSBAND TO DR. SWIFT
43. 43.VERSES — WRITTEN ON A WINDOW, AT THE DEANERY HOUSE, ST. PATRICK'S
44. 44.ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1]
45. 45.APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 1720
46. 46.NEWS FROM PARNASSUS — BY DR. DELANY — OCCASIONED BY "APOLLO TO THE DEAN" 1720
47. 47.APOLLO'S EDICT — OCCASIONED BY "NEWS FROM PARNASSUS"
48. 48.THE DESCRIPTION OF AN IRISH FEAST
49. 49.THE PROGRESS OF BEAUTY. 1719[1]
50. 50.THE PROGRESS OF MARRIAGE[1]
51. 51.THE PROGRESS OF POETRY
52. 52.THE SOUTH-SEA PROJECT. 1721
53. 53.FABULA CANIS ET UMBRAE
54. 54.A PROLOGUE — BILLET TO A COMPANY OF PLAYERS SENT WITH THE PROLOGUE
55. 55.EPILOGUE[1] — TO MR. HOPPY'S BENEFIT-NIGHT, AT SMOCK-ALLEY
56. 56.PROLOGUE[1]
57. 57.EPILOGUE
58. 58.ANSWER
59. 59.ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE
60. 60.THE COUNTRY LIFE
61. 61.PART OF A SUMMER SPENT AT GAULSTOWN HOUSE, — THE SEAT OF GEORGE ROCHFORT, ESQ.
62. 62.DR. DELANY'S VILLA[1]
63. 63.ON ONE OF THE WINDOWS AT DELVILLE
64. 64.CARBERIAE RUPES — IN COMITATU CORGAGENSI. SCRIPSIT JUN. ANN. DOM. 1723
65. 65.CARBERY ROCKS — TRANSLATED BY DR. DUNKIN
66. 66.COPY OF THE BIRTH-DAY VERSES — ON MR. FORD[1]
67. 67.ON DREAMS — AN IMITATION OF PETRONIUS
68. 68.SENT BY DR. DELANY TO DR. SWIFT, — IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO SPEAK TO HIM WHEN HE WAS DEAF. 1724
69. 69.THE ANSWER
70. 70.A QUIET LIFE AND A GOOD NAME — TO A FRIEND WHO MARRIED A SHREW. 1724
71. 71.A PASTORAL DIALOGUE
72. 72.DESIRE AND POSSESSION 1727
73. 73.CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED. 1727
74. 74.DR. SWIFT TO MR. POPE, WHILE HE WAS WRITING THE "DUNCIAD" — WRITTEN AT LONDON — BOUTS RIMEZ[1] — ON SIGNORA DOMITILLA
75. 75.HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS — UPON THEIR RIDING THE CIRCUIT
76. 76.THE PUPPET-SHOW
77. 77.THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY — IN A LETTER TO A PERSON OF QUALITY. 1728
78. 78.THE LOGICIANS REFUTED
79. 79.THE ELEPHANT; OR, THE PARLIAMENT MAN
80. 80.PAULUS: AN EPIGRAM — BY MR. LINDSAY[1]
81. 81.THE ANSWER. BY DR. SWIFT
82. 82.A DIALOGUE — WRITTEN BY MR. LINDSAY, IN 1729 — DR. SWIFT — LAWYER — DR. SWIFT — LAWYER
83. 83.ON BURNING A DULL POEM
84. 84.AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD — OR, THE TRUE ENGLISH DEAN[1] TO BE HANGED FOR A RAPE. 1730
85. 85.ON STEPHEN DUCK — THE THRESHER, AND FAVOURITE POET
86. 86.THE LADY'S DRESSING-ROOM. 1730
87. 87.THE POWER OF TIME. 1730
88. 88.CASSINUS AND PETER
89. 89.A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED. — WRITTEN FOR THE HONOUR OF THE FAIR SEX. 1731
90. 90.STREPHON AND CHLOE — 1731
91. 91.APOLLO; OR, A PROBLEM SOLVED — 1731
92. 92.THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED — 1731
93. 93.THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1]
94. 94.JUDAS. 1731
95. 95.AN EPISTLE TO MR. GAY[1] — 1731
96. 96.TO A LADY
97. 97.EPIGRAM ON THE BUSTS[1] IN RICHMOND HERMITAGE. 1732
98. 98.ANOTHER
99. 99.A CONCLUSION — DRAWN FROM THE ABOVE EPIGRAMS, AND SENT TO THE DRAPIER
100. 100.DR. SWIFT'S ANSWER
101. 101.TO THE REVEREND DR. SWIFT
102. 102.VERSES LEFT WITH A SILVER STANDISH ON THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S DESK,
103. 103.VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE FOREGOING PRESENTS
104. 104.AN INVITATION, BY DR. DELANY, IN THE NAME OF DR. SWIFT
105. 105.THE BEASTS' CONFESSION TO THE PRIEST, — ON OBSERVING HOW MOST MEN MISTAKE THEIR OWN TALENTS. 1732
106. 106.PREFACE
107. 107.THE PARSON'S CASE
108. 108.THE HARDSHIP UPON THE LADIES — 1733
109. 109.A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733
110. 110.THE STORM — MINERVA'S PETITION
111. 111.ODE ON SCIENCE
112. 112.A YOUNG LADY'S COMPLAINT[1] — FOR THE STAY OF THE DEAN IN ENGLAND
113. 113.ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT — WRITTEN IN NOVEMBER, 1731 [1]
114. 114.ON POETRY, A RHAPSODY. 1733
115. 115.VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN
116. 116.EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER — INTENDED TO BE PLACED UNDER THE HEAD OF GULLIVER. 1733
117. 117.ON PSYCHE[1]
118. 118.THE DEAN AND DUKE — 1734
119. 119.WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734 — THE DEAN'S COMPLAINT, TRANSLATED AND ANSWERED
120. 120.THE DEAN'S MANNER OF LIVING
121. 121.EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER
122. 122.VERSES MADE FOR FRUIT-WOMEN — APPLES
123. 123.ASPARAGUS
124. 124.ONIONS
125. 125.OYSTERS
126. 126.HERRINGS
127. 127.ORANGES
128. 128.ON ROVER, A LADY'S SPANIEL — INSTRUCTIONS TO A PAINTER[1]
129. 129.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]
130. 130.TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1726
131. 131.A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD — WOOLLEN-DRAPER IN DUBLIN, WHOSE SIGN WAS THE GOLDEN FLEECE
132. 132.CATULLUS DE LESBIA[1]
133. 133.ON A CURATE'S COMPLAINT OF HARD DUTY
134. 134.TO BETTY, THE GRISETTE
135. 135.EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH[1]
136. 136.EPIGRAM[1]
137. 137.EPIGRAM ADDED BY STELLA[1]
138. 138.JOAN CUDGELS NED
139. 139.VERSES ON TWO CELEBRATED MODERN POETS
140. 140.EPITAPH ON GENERAL GORGES,[1] AND LADY MEATH[2]
141. 141.VERSES ON I KNOW NOT WHAT
142. 142.DR. SWIFT TO HIMSELF ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY
143. 143.AN ANSWER TO A FRIEND'S QUESTION
144. 144.EPITAPH — INSCRIBED ON A MARBLE TABLET, IN BERKELEY CHURCH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE
145. 145.EPITAPH — ON FREDERICK, DUKE OF SCHOMBERG[1]
146. 146.VERSES WRITTEN DURING LORD CARTERET'S ADMINISTRATION OF IRELAND
147. 147.AN APOLOGY TO LADY CARTERET
148. 148.THE BIRTH OF MANLY VIRTUE
149. 149.ON PADDY'S CHARACTER OF THE "INTELLIGENCER."[1] 1729
150. 150.AN EPISTLE TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET — BY DR. DELANY. 1729[1]
151. 151.AN EPISTLE UPON AN EPISTLE
152. 152.A LIBEL ON THE REVEREND DR. DELANY, AND HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET — 1729
153. 153.TO DR. DELANY — ON THE LIBELS WRITTEN AGAINST HIM. 1729
154. 154.DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729
155. 155.THE PHEASANT AND THE LARK, A FABLE BY DR. DELANY — 1730
156. 156.ANSWER TO DR. DELANY'S FABLE OF THE PHEASANT AND LARK. — 1730
157. 157.DEAN SMEDLEY'S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1]
158. 158.THE DUKE'S ANSWER — BY DR. SWIFT
159. 159.PARODY ON A CHARACTER OF DEAN SMEDLEY, — WRITTEN IN LATIN BY HIMSELF[1] — END OF VOL. I

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.