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Quotation by Jonathan Swift
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A Description of a City ShowerA Description of the MorningAesop, in The Battle of the Books (1704)Aesop, in The Battle of the Books (written 1697, published 1704)A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or the Country (1729)Related Subjects
destiny (12) fortune (10) death (8) luck (7) love (6) life (4) providence (3) time (3) planning (3) gods (3)
When Food and Raiment now grew scarce
Fate put a Period to the Farce;
And with exact Poetic Justice:
For John is Landlord, Phyllis Hostess;
They keep at Stains the old Blue Boar,
Are Cat and Dog, and Rogue and Whore.
Fate put a Period to the Farce;
And with exact Poetic Justice:
For John is Landlord, Phyllis Hostess;
They keep at Stains the old Blue Boar,
Are Cat and Dog, and Rogue and Whore.
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish poet, satirist, clergyman. Phyllis; or, The Progress of Love (l. 95–100). . .
The Complete Poems [Jonathan Swift]. Pat Rogers, ed. (1983) Penguin Books.
The Complete Poems [Jonathan Swift]. Pat Rogers, ed. (1983) Penguin Books.
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