PREFACE

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I

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ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE

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ODE TO KING WILLIAM

ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1]

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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]

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III

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]

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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]

A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1]

A CONFERENCE

CHARIOT

TO LORD HARLEY, ON HIS MARRIAGE[1] OCTOBER 31, 1713

PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 1716

HORACE, BOOK IV, ODE IX ADDRESSED TO ARCHBISHOP KING,[1] 1718

TO MR. DELANY,[1]

AN ELEGY[1]

EPITAPH ON THE SAME

TO MRS. HOUGHTON OF BOURMONT, ON PRAISING HER HUSBAND TO DR. SWIFT

VERSES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW, AT THE DEANERY HOUSE, ST. PATRICK'S

ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1]

APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 1720

NEWS FROM PARNASSUS BY DR. DELANY

APOLLO'S EDICT OCCASIONED BY "NEWS FROM PARNASSUS"

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 TO A BENEFIT PLAY, GIVEN IN BEHALF OF THE DISTRESSED WEAVERS. BY THE DEAN. SPOKEN BY MR. GRIFFITH

ANSWER TO DR. SHERIDAN'S PROLOGUE, AND TO DR. SWIFT'S EPILOGUE. IN BEHALF OF THE DISTRESSED WEAVERS. BY DR. DELANY.

ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE

THE COUNTRY LIFE

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, IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO SPEAK TO HIM WHEN HE WAS DEAF. 1724

THE ANSWER

A QUIET LIFE AND A GOOD NAME TO A FRIEND WHO MARRIED A SHREW. 1724

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"

A LOVE POEM FROM A PHYSICIAN TO HIS MISTRESS

BOUTS RIMEZ[1]

HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS UPON THEIR RIDING THE CIRCUIT

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

DR. SWIFT

ON BURNING A DULL POEM

AN EXCELLENT NEW BALLAD OR, THE TRUE ENGLISH DEAN[1] TO BE HANGED FOR A RAPE. 1730

ON STEPHEN DUCK THE THRESHER, AND FAVOURITE POET

THE LADY'S DRESSING-ROOM. 1730

THE POWER OF TIME. 1730

CASSINUS AND PETER

A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED.

THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1]

TO A LADY WHO DESIRED THE AUTHOR TO WRITE SOME VERSES UPON HER IN THE HEROIC STYLE

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, ON HIS BIRTH-DAY. BY DR. DELANY

VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE FOREGOING PRESENTS

AN INVITATION, BY DR. DELANY, IN THE NAME OF DR. SWIFT

THE BEASTS' CONFESSION TO THE PRIEST, ON OBSERVING HOW MOST MEN MISTAKE THEIR OWN TALENTS. 1732

THE PARSON'S CASE

A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733

THE STORM

ODE ON SCIENCE

A YOUNG LADY'S COMPLAINT[1] FOR THE STAY OF THE DEAN IN ENGLAND

ON POETRY A RHAPSODY. 1733

VERSES SENT TO THE DEAN ON HIS BIRTH-DAY, WITH PINE'S HORACE, FINELY BOUND. BY DR. J. SICAN[1]

EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER INTENDED TO BE PLACED UNDER THE HEAD OF GULLIVER. 1733

ON PSYCHE[1]

WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734

THE DEAN'S COMPLAINT, TRANSLATED AND ANSWERED

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

I. ON A WINDOW AT AN INN

II. AT AN INN IN ENGLAND

III. ON A WINDOW AT THE FOUR CROSSES IN THE WATLING-STREET ROAD, WARWICKSHIRE

IV. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER

V. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER

VI. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER

VII. ANOTHER WRITTEN UPON A WINDOW WHERE THERE WAS NO WRITING BEFORE

VIII. ON SEEING VERSES WRITTEN UPON WINDOWS AT INNS

IX. ANOTHER

X. ANOTHER

XI. ANOTHER, AT HOLYHEAD [1]

TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1726

A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD

TO A FRIEND WHO HAD BEEN MUCH ABUSED IN MANY INVETERATE LIBELS

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 INSCRIBED ON A MARBLE TABLET, IN BERKELEY CHURCH, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

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 BY DR. DELANY. 1729[1]

AN EPISTLE UPON AN EPISTLE

TO DR. DELANY ON THE LIBELS WRITTEN AGAINST HIM. 1729

DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729

DEAN SMEDLEY'S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1]

THE DUKE'S ANSWER BY DR. SWIFT

PARODY ON A CHARACTER OF DEAN SMEDLEY, WRITTEN IN LATIN BY HIMSELF[1]

END OF VOL. I

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