Poems by Jonathan Swift
The Lady's Dressing Room
... Her ointments, daubs, and paints and creams, ...
To Stella, Who Collected and Transcribed His Poems
... Which manners, decency, and pride,Have taught from you the world to hide ...
A Beautiful Young Nymph Going To Bed
... Pulls off with Care, and first displays 'em, ...
A Satirical Elegy
... And, trust me, as the noise grows stronger, ...
A Description of a City Shower
... Sweepings from Butchers Stalls, Dung, Guts, and Blood, ...
Stella's Birthday March 13, 1719
... (That either nymph might have her swain,) ...
The Place of the Damned
... Damned poets, damned critics, damned blockheads, damned knaves, ...
Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift
... 'Twas he that writ the Drapier's letters!""He should have left them for his betters ...
On Stella's Birth-Day 1719
... (That either Nymph might have her Swain,) ...
Oysters
... She'll be fruitful, never fear her ...
Phillis, Or, the Progress of Love
... These: ('Tis always done, Romances tell us, ...
The Beasts' Confession
... And thus the pious wolf begins:"Good father, I must own with shame, ...
Elegy Upon Tiger
... Spare her, you hell-hounds, case your frightful paws, ...
A Maypole
... And though no marriage words are spoke, ...
The Progress of Poetry
... The Steed, oppress'd, would break his Girth, ...
