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Start of eBook	1
Introduction xv	1
INTRODUCTION	2
I	6
II	6
III	7
IV	7
V	7
VI	8
VII	8
VIII	8
IX	9
X	9
XI	9
XII	10
ODE TO THE HON. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE	10
I	10
II	11
III	11
IV	11
V	11
VI	12
VII	12
VIII	12
IX	13
X	13
XI	13
XII	14
ODE TO KING WILLIAM	14
ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY[1]	15
I	15
II	15
III	16
IV	16
V	16
VI	17
VII	17
VIII	18
IX	18
X	19
XI	19
XII	19
TO MR. CONGREVE	20
OCCASIONED BY SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE’S LATE ILLNESS AND RECOVERY	24
WRITTEN IN A LADY’S IVORY TABLE-BOOK, 1698	27
MRS. FRANCES HARRIS’S PETITION, 1699	28
A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC	30
A BALLAD TO THE TUNE OF THE CUT-PURSE[1]	30
I	31
II	31
III	31
THE DISCOVERY	31
THE PROBLEM,	32
THE DESCRIPTION OF A SALAMANDER, 1705	33
TO CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH[1]	35
ON THE UNION	35
ON MRS. BIDDY FLOYD;	36
THE REVERSE	36
APOLLO OUTWITTED	37
ANSWER TO LINES FROM MAY FAIR[1]	38
I	38
II	38
III	38
IV	38
VANBRUGH’S HOUSE[1]	38
VANBRUGH’S HOUSE,[1]	39
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]	41
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON[1]	45
	48
A GRUB-STREET ELEGY	48
THE EPITAPH	50
A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING	50
A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER[1]	51
	52
A TOWN ECLOGUE. 1710[1]	53
CORYDON	53
PHILLIS	54
CORYDON	54
PHILLIS	54
CORYDON	54
PHILLIS	54
CORYDON	54
PHILLIS	54
CORYDON	54
PHILLIS	54
CORYDON	55
A CONFERENCE	55
CHARIOT	55
CHAIR	55
CHARIOT	55
	56
PHYLLIS; OR, THE PROGRESS OF LOVE, 1716	57
	59
TO MR. DELANY,[1]	59
AN ELEGY[1]	61
EPITAPH ON THE SAME	62
	62
	62
ON ANOTHER WINDOW[1]	63
APOLLO TO THE DEAN.[1] 1720	63
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	67
THE DESCRIPTION OF AN IRISH FEAST	68
TRANSLATED ALMOST LITERALLY OUT OF THE ORIGINAL IRISH. 1720	68
THE PROGRESS OF BEAUTY. 1719[1]	69
THE PROGRESS OF MARRIAGE[1]	71
THE PROGRESS OF POETRY	74
THE SOUTH-SEA PROJECT. 1721	74
FABULA CANIS ET UMBRAE	78
A PROLOGUE	78
EPILOGUE[1]	79
PROLOGUE[1]	80
ON GAULSTOWN HOUSE	83
THE COUNTRY LIFE	83
DRAMATIS PERSONAE	83
DR. DELANY’S VILLA[1]	85
ON ONE OF THE WINDOWS AT DELVILLE	86
CARBERIAE RUPES	86
CARBERY ROCKS	87
COPY OF THE BIRTH-DAY VERSES	88
ON DREAMS	90
	91
THE ANSWER	91
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A PASTORAL DIALOGUE	93
MARBLE HILL	93
RICHMOND LODGE	93
MARBLE HILL	94
RICHMOND LODGE	94
MARBLE HILL	94
RICHMOND LODGE	94
MARBLE HILL	94
RICHMOND LODGE	94
MARBLE HILL	95
RICHMOND LODGE	95
MARBLE HILL	95
DESIRE AND POSSESSION 1727	95
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CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED. 1727	98
DR. SWIFT TO MR. POPE, WHILE HE WAS WRITING THE “DUNCIAD”	98
A LOVE POEM FROM A PHYSICIAN TO HIS MISTRESS	98
BOUTS RIMEZ[1]	99
	100
THE PUPPET-SHOW	101
THE JOURNAL OF A MODERN LADY	102
THE LOGICIANS REFUTED	105
THE ELEPHANT; OR, THE PARLIAMENT MAN	106
PAULUS: AN EPIGRAM	107
THE ANSWER. BY DR. SWIFT	107
A DIALOGUE	109
WRITTEN BY MR. LINDSAY, IN 1729	109
LAWYER	110
LAWYER	110
ON BURNING A DULL POEM	110
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	113
THE LADY’S DRESSING-ROOM. 1730	113
THE POWER OF TIME. 1730	115
CASSINUS AND PETER	115
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED.	117
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	123
THE DAY OF JUDGMENT[1]	124
JUDAS. 1731	124
	124
EPIGRAM ON THE BUSTS[1] IN RICHMOND HERMITAGE. 1732	132
ANOTHER	132
A CONCLUSION	132
DR. SWIFT’S ANSWER	132
TO THE REVEREND DR. SWIFT	132
VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE FOREGOING PRESENTS	133
AN INVITATION, BY DR. DELANY, IN THE NAME OF DR. SWIFT	134
	134
PREFACE	134
THE PARSON’S CASE	139
	139
A LOVE SONG IN THE MODERN TASTE. 1733	139
THE STORM	140
ODE ON SCIENCE	141
	142
ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT	142
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(Horace speaking.)	163
	164
ON PSYCHE[1]	164
	164
WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734	165
THE DEAN’S COMPLAINT, TRANSLATED AND ANSWERED	165
THE DEAN’S MANNER OF LIVING	165
EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER	166
VERSES MADE FOR FRUIT-WOMEN	166
ASPARAGUS	166
OYSTERS	166
ORANGES	167
ON ROVER, A LADY’S SPANIEL	167
EPIGRAMS ON WINDOWS	167
I. ON A WINDOW AT AN INN	167
II. AT AN INN IN ENGLAND	168
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IV. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER	168
V. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER	168
VI. ANOTHER, AT CHESTER	168
VIII. ON SEEING VERSES WRITTEN UPON WINDOWS AT INNS	168
IX. ANOTHER	168
X. ANOTHER	169
XI. ANOTHER, AT HOLYHEAD [1]	169
TO JANUS, ON NEW YEAR’S DAY, 1726	169
A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD	169
	169
CATULLUS DE LESBIA[1]	170
ON A CURATE’S COMPLAINT OF HARD DUTY	170
TO BETTY, THE GRISETTE	170
EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH[1]	171
EPIGRAM[1]	171
EPIGRAM ADDED BY STELLA[1]	171
JOAN CUDGELS NED	171
VERSES ON TWO CELEBRATED MODERN POETS	171
EPITAPH ON GENERAL GORGES,[1] AND LADY MEATH[2]	172
VERSES ON I KNOW NOT WHAT	172
DR. SWIFT TO HIMSELF ON ST. CECILIA’S DAY	173
AN ANSWER TO A FRIEND’S QUESTION	173
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EPITAPH	174
VERSES WRITTEN DURING LORD CARTERET’S ADMINISTRATION OF IRELAND	174
AN APOLOGY TO LADY CARTERET	174
THE BIRTH OF MANLY VIRTUE	177
ON PADDY’S CHARACTER OF THE “INTELLIGENCER."[1] 1729	179
	179
AN EPISTLE UPON AN EPISTLE	181
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DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A BIRTH-DAY SONG. 1729	189
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DEAN SMEDLEY’S PETITION TO THE DUKE OF GRAFTON[1]	196
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END OF VOL. I	200

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