The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 392 pages of information about The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04.

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 392 pages of information about The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 04.

(4) This line is dry
nonsense or false grammar
and will bear no jest.

13 no more No mo_u_r.  Pronounce
                [rhyming with pow’r.] this like my lady’s
          
                                     woman.

14 deserts Des_a_rts.  Pronounce
               [rhyming with hearts.] this like my lady’s
          
                                     housemaid.

XI.  PSALM OF DAVID: 

1 come on, Come un.  Pronounce
                 [rhyming with shun.] this like a
          
                                     chambermaid.

The force of his argument
lies here:  he does
3 For if the Power, in which they trust, not fear his enemies,
Should fail, how helpless are the just! because if God’s power
should fail he has no
help.

6 And on their impious heads will pour (1) A shower of snares
     Of snares (1) and flames a dismal shower; on a man’s head would
   And this their bitter cup must be do wonderful execution.
     (2) To drink to all eternity:  However, I grant it is a
                                               scurvy thing enough to
                                               swallow them.

(2) To taste the doctor’s
poetry.

XII.  PSALM OF DAVID: 

1 O Lord, some help for me provide, He can confide in but
     For in but few I can confide, few because all are. 
   All men are so perfidious grown; perfidious.  Smoke
          
                                     that!

2 True mutual kindness they pretend, Did ever any man
                                               pretend mutual
                                               kindness to another?

3 But God those flatterers will confound, Qu:  whether flatterers
     That with abusive lies abound, usually abound with
   And proudly boast their vicious ways, abusive lies?

4 That say, with our deceitful tongues If they say thus they
                                               are silly flatterers.

6 And since He thus was pleased to say, That comparison is
     Like gold refined from base alloy, well applied. 
   His promise never can deceive; (3)
                                               (3) Deceive.  Pronounce
                                               this like a beau.

7 And therefore will their cause assert, Examine well the grammar
     Who thus are pure and true of heart, and sense and the
   And save them from the enemy; elegance of this
                                               stanza.

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