The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1
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1. Edited By William Ernst Browning2. PREFACE3. INTRODUCTION4. ODE TO DOCTOR WILLIAM SANCROFT[1]5. ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE6. ODE TO KING WILLIAM7. ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1]8. TO MR. CONGREVE9. OCCASIONED BY SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE'S LATE ILLNESS AND RECOVERY10. WRITTEN IN A LADY'S IVORY TABLE-BOOK, 169811. MRS. FRANCES HARRIS'S PETITION, 169912. A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC13. A BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF THE CUT-PURSE[1]14. THE DISCOVERY15. THE PROBLEM,16. THE DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER, 170517. TO CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH[1]18. ON THE UNION19. ON MRS. BIDDY FLOYD;20. THE REVERSE21. APOLLO OUTWITTED22. ANSWER TO LINES FROM MAY FAIR[1]23. VANBRUGH'S HOUSE[1]24. VANBRUGH'S HOUSE,[1]25. BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]26. BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]27. A GRUB-STREET ELEGY28. THE EPITAPH29. A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING30. A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER[1]31. ON THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD OF CASTLENOCK32. A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1]33. A CONFERENCE34. TO LORD HARLEY, ON HIS MARRIAGE[1]35. PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 171636. HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX37. TO MR. DELANY,[1]38. AN ELEGY[1]39. EPITAPH ON THE SAME40. TO MRS. HOUGHTON OF BOURMONT,41. VERSES42. ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1]43. APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 172044. NEWS FROM PARNASSUS45. APOLLO'S EDICT46. THE DESCRIPTION OF AN IRISH FEAST47. THE PROGRESS OF BEAUTY. 1719[1]48. THE PROGRESS OF MARRIAGE[1]49. THE PROGRESS OF POETRY50. THE SOUTH-SEA PROJECT. 172151. FABULA CANIS ET UMBRAE52. A PROLOGUE53. EPILOGUE[1]54. PROLOGUE[1]55. EPILOGUE56. ANSWER57. ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE58. PART OF A SUMMER SPENT AT GAULSTOWN HOUSE,59. DR. DELANY'S VILLA[1]60. ON ONE OF THE WINDOWS AT DELVILLE61. CARBERIAE RUPES62. CARBERY ROCKS63. COPY OF THE BIRTH-DAY VERSES64. ON DREAMS65. SENT BY DR. DELANY TO DR. SWIFT,66. THE ANSWER67. A QUIET LIFE AND A GOOD NAME68. A PASTORAL DIALOGUE69. DESIRE AND POSSESSION 172770. CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED. 172771. DR. SWIFT TO MR. POPE, WHILE HE WAS WRITING THE "DUNCIAD"72. HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS73. THE PUPPET-SHOW74. THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY75. THE LOGICIANS REFUTED76. THE ELEPHANT; OR, THE PARLIAMENT MAN77. PAULUS: AN EPIGRAM78. THE ANSWER. BY DR. SWIFT79. A DIALOGUE80. ON BURNING A DULL POEM81. AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD82. ON STEPHEN DUCK83. THE LADY'S DRESSING-ROOM. 173084. THE POWER OF TIME. 173085. CASSINUS AND PETER86. A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED.87. STREPHON AND CHLOE88. APOLLO; OR, A PROBLEM SOLVED89. THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED90. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1]91. JUDAS. 173192. AN EPISTLE TO MR. GAY[1]93. TO A LADY94. EPIGRAM ON THE BUSTS[1] IN RICHMOND HERMITAGE. 173295. ANOTHER96. A CONCLUSION97. DR. SWIFT'S ANSWER98. TO THE REVEREND DR. SWIFT99. VERSES LEFT WITH A SILVER STANDISH ON THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S DESK,100. VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE FOREGOING PRESENTS101. AN INVITATION, BY DR. DELANY, IN THE NAME OF DR. SWIFT102. THE BEASTS' CONFESSION TO THE PRIEST,103. PREFACE104. THE PARSON'S CASE105. THE HARDSHIP UPON THE LADIES106. A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733107. THE STORM108. ODE ON SCIENCE109. A YOUNG LADY'S COMPLAINT[1]110. ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT111. ON POETRY, A RHAPSODY. 1733112. VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN113. EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER114. ON PSYCHE[1]115. THE DEAN AND DUKE116. WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734117. THE DEAN'S MANNER OF LIVING118. EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER119. VERSES MADE FOR FRUIT-WOMEN120. ASPARAGUS121. ONIONS122. OYSTERS123. HERRINGS124. ORANGES125. ON ROVER, A LADY'S SPANIEL126. EPIGRAMS ON WINDOWS127. TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1726128. A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD129. CATULLUS DE LESBIA[1]130. ON A CURATE'S COMPLAINT OF HARD DUTY131. TO BETTY, THE GRISETTE132. EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH[1]133. EPIGRAM[1]134. EPIGRAM ADDED BY STELLA[1]135. JOAN CUDGELS NED136. VERSES ON TWO CELEBRATED MODERN POETS137. EPITAPH ON GENERAL GORGES,[1] AND LADY MEATH[2]138. VERSES ON I KNOW NOT WHAT139. DR. SWIFT TO HIMSELF ON ST. CECILIA'S DAY140. AN ANSWER TO A FRIEND'S QUESTION141. EPITAPH142. EPITAPH143. VERSES WRITTEN DURING LORD CARTERET'S ADMINISTRATION OF IRELAND144. AN APOLOGY TO LADY CARTERET145. THE BIRTH OF MANLY VIRTUE146. ON PADDY'S CHARACTER OF THE "INTELLIGENCER."[1] 1729147. AN EPISTLE TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET148. AN EPISTLE UPON AN EPISTLE149. A LIBEL ON THE REVEREND DR. DELANY, AND HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN, LORD CARTERET150. TO DR. DELANY151. DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729152. THE PHEASANT AND THE LARK, A FABLE BY DR. DELANY153. ANSWER TO DR. DELANY'S FABLE OF THE PHEASANT AND LARK.154. DEAN SMEDLEY'S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1]155. THE DUKE'S ANSWER156. PARODY ON A CHARACTER OF DEAN SMEDLEY,