Volume 1 — Edited By William Ernst Browning
Reading edition
London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.
1910
CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT
ODE TO DOCTOR WILLIAM SANCROFT[1]
ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE
ODE TO KING WILLIAM
ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1]
TO MR. CONGREVE
OCCASIONED BY SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE'S LATE ILLNESS AND RECOVERY
WRITTEN IN A LADY'S IVORY TABLE-BOOK, 1698
MRS. FRANCES HARRIS'S PETITION, 1699
A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC
A BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF THE CUT-PURSE[1]
THE DISCOVERY
THE PROBLEM,
THE DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER, 1705
TO CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH[1]
ON THE UNION
ON MRS. BIDDY FLOYD;
THE REVERSE
APOLLO OUTWITTED
ANSWER TO LINES FROM MAY FAIR[1]
VANBRUGH'S HOUSE[1]
VANBRUGH'S HOUSE,[1]
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]
A GRUB-STREET ELEGY
THE EPITAPH
A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING
A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER[1]
ON THE LITTLE HOUSE BY THE CHURCHYARD OF CASTLENOCK
A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1]
A CONFERENCE
TO LORD HARLEY, ON HIS MARRIAGE[1]
PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 1716
HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX
TO MR. DELANY,[1]
AN ELEGY[1]
EPITAPH ON THE SAME
TO MRS. HOUGHTON OF BOURMONT,
VERSES
ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1]
APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 1720
NEWS FROM PARNASSUS
APOLLO'S EDICT
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
EPILOGUE[1]
PROLOGUE[1]
EPILOGUE
ANSWER
ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE
THE COUNTRY LIFE
PART OF A SUMMER SPENT AT GAULSTOWN HOUSE,
DR. DELANY'S VILLA[1]
ON ONE OF THE WINDOWS AT DELVILLE
CARBERIAE RUPES
CARBERY ROCKS
COPY OF THE BIRTH-DAY VERSES
ON DREAMS
SENT BY DR. DELANY TO DR. SWIFT,
THE ANSWER
A QUIET LIFE AND A GOOD NAME
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"
HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS
THE PUPPET-SHOW
THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY
THE LOGICIANS REFUTED
THE ELEPHANT; OR, THE PARLIAMENT MAN
PAULUS: AN EPIGRAM
THE ANSWER. BY DR. SWIFT
A DIALOGUE
ON BURNING A DULL POEM
AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD
ON STEPHEN DUCK
THE LADY'S DRESSING-ROOM. 1730
THE POWER OF TIME. 1730
CASSINUS AND PETER
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED.
STREPHON AND CHLOE
APOLLO; OR, A PROBLEM SOLVED
THE PLACE OF THE DAMNED
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1]
JUDAS. 1731
AN EPISTLE TO MR. GAY[1]
TO A LADY
EPIGRAM ON THE BUSTS[1] IN RICHMOND HERMITAGE. 1732
ANOTHER
A CONCLUSION
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,
PREFACE
THE PARSON'S CASE
THE HARDSHIP UPON THE LADIES
A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733
THE STORM
ODE ON SCIENCE
A YOUNG LADY'S COMPLAINT[1]
ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT
ON POETRY, A RHAPSODY. 1733
VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN
EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER
ON PSYCHE[1]
THE DEAN AND DUKE
WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734
THE DEAN'S MANNER OF LIVING
EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER
VERSES MADE FOR FRUIT-WOMEN
ASPARAGUS
ONIONS
OYSTERS
HERRINGS
ORANGES
ON ROVER, A LADY'S SPANIEL
EPIGRAMS ON WINDOWS
TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1726
A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD
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
EPITAPH
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
TO DR. DELANY
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729
THE PHEASANT AND THE LARK, A FABLE BY DR. DELANY
ANSWER TO DR. DELANY'S FABLE OF THE PHEASANT AND LARK.
DEAN SMEDLEY'S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1]
THE DUKE'S ANSWER
PARODY ON A CHARACTER OF DEAN SMEDLEY,