The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1
by Jonathan Swift
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Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Ode to Doctor William Sancroft
- Ode to the Hon. Sir William Temple
- Ode to King William
- Ode to the Athenian Society
- 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
- The Discovery
- The Problem,
- The Description of a Salamander, 1705
- To Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough
- On the Union
- On Mrs. Biddy Floyd;
- The Reverse
- Apollo Outwitted
- Answer to Lines from May Fair
- Vanbrugh's House
- Vanbrugh's House,
- Baucis and Philemon
- Baucis and Philemon
- A Grub-Street Elegy
- The Epitaph
- A Description of the Morning
- A Description of a City Shower
- On the Little House by the Churchyard of Castlenock
- A Town Eclogue. 1710
- A Conference
- To Lord Harley, on His Marriage
- Phyllis; Or, the Progress of Love, 1716
- Horace, Book IV, Ode IX
- To Mr. Delany,
- An Elegy
- Epitaph on the Same
- To Mrs. Houghton of Bourmont,
- Verses
- On Another Window
- Apollo to the Dean. 1720
- News from Parnassus
- Apollo's Edict
- The Description of an Irish Feast
- The Progress of Beauty. 1719
- The Progress of Marriage
- The Progress of Poetry
- The South-Sea Project. 1721
- Fabula Canis Et Umbrae
- A Prologue
- Epilogue
- Prologue
- Epilogue
- Answer
- On Gaulstown House
- Part of a Summer Spent at Gaulstown House,
- Dr. Delany's Villa
- 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
- Judas. 1731
- An Epistle to Mr. Gay
- To a Lady
- Epigram on the Busts in Richmond Hermitage. 1732
- A Conclusion
- 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
- 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
- On the Death of Dr. Swift
- On Poetry, a Rhapsody. 1733
- Verses Sent to the Dean
- Epigram by Mr. Bowyer
- On Psyche
- 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
- Onions
- Oysters
- Herrings
- 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
- On a Curate's Complaint of Hard Duty
- To Betty, the Grisette
- Epigram from the French
- Epigram
- Joan Cudgels Ned
- Verses on Two Celebrated Modern Poets
- Epitaph on General Gorges, and Lady Meath
- 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." 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
- The Duke's Answer
- Parody on a Character of Dean Smedley,