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

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Title: Poems (Volume II.)
Author: Jonathan Swift
Release Date: October 5, 2004 [EBook #13621]
Language: English
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THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT, D.D.
EDITED BY WILLIAM ERNST BROWNING
BARRISTER, INNER TEMPLE?AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF LORD CHESTERFIELD"
VOL. II
LONDON?G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. 1910
CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.?TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
PAGE
Cadenus and Vanessa 1?To Love 23?A Rebus by Vanessa 24?The Dean's Answer 25?Stella's Birth-Day 26?Stella's Birth-Day 26?To Stella 28?To Stella 32?Stella to Dr. Swift 35?To Stella 37?On the Great Buried Bottle 37?Epitaph 38?Stella's Birth-Day 38?Stella at Wood-Park 40?A New Year's Gift for Bec 43?Dingley and Brent 44?To Stella 45?Verses by Stella 46?A Receipt to restore Stella's Youth 46?Stella's Birth-Day 48?Bec's Birth-Day 49?On the Collar of Tiger 51?Stella's Birth-Day 51?Death and Daphne 54?Daphne 57
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?Epigram 218?Horace paraphrased, Odes I, xiv 219?Verses on St. Patrick's Well 221?On reading Dr. Young's Satire 224?The Dog and Thief 226?Mad Mullinix and Timothy 226?Tim and the Fables 234?Tom and Dick 235?Dick, a Maggot 236?Clad all in Brown 237?Dick's Variety 238?Traulus. Part I 239?Traulus. Part II 242?A Fable of the Lion 244?On the Irish Bishops 246?Horace, Odes IV, ix 248?On Walpole and Pulteney 250?Brother Protestants 252?Bettesworth's Exultation 254?Epigram to Serjeant Kite 255?The Yahoo's Overthrow 256?On the Archbishop of Cashel and Bettesworth 259?On the Irish Club 259?On Noisy Tom 260?On Dr. Rundle 261?Epigram 263?The Legion Club 264?On a Printer's being sent to Newgate 272?Vindication of the Libel 272?A Friendly Apology 274?Ay and No 275?A Ballad 276?A Wicked Treasonable Libel 277?Epigrams against Carthy 278-283?Poetical Epistle to Sheridan 283?Lines written on a Window 284?Lines written underneath by Sheridan 285?The Upstart 285?On the Arms of the Town of Waterford 286?Translation 287?Verses on Blenheim 287?An Excellent New Song 288?An Excellent New Song upon the Archbishop of Dublin 289?To the Archbishop of Dublin 291?To the Citizens 292?Punch's Petition to the Ladies 294?Epigram 296?Epigram on Josiah Hort 297?Epigram 297
TRIFLES
George Rochfort's Verses 298?A Left-handed Letter 298?To the Dean of St. Patrick's 300?To Mr. Thomas Sheridan 301?Ad Amicum Eruditum Thomam Sheridan 302?To the Dean of St. Patrick's 305?To the Dean of St. Patrick's 306?An Answer by Delany 306?A Reply by Sheridan 307?Another