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The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One

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Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is such a thing as corrupt rich guys who pretend they're God's gift to the world? So did Swift. Think some of these types strut around as if calls of nature don't apply to them? So did Swift. In one hilarious poem, he even describes gold diggers fighting over the loaded gentleman's gaseous offerings! His poem On Poetry, A Rhapsody, censored for treasonous mocking of the royal family, is in its rare uncensored form here. As free as he himself is with his sharp tongue against the blackened rich and corrupt , he knows others might have to kiss up to eat. So he includes many verses of advice on how to go about lying for a living, for example, "Your interest lies to learn the knack Of whitening what before was black." Despite the decay and hypocrisy he sees all around him he stays upbeat throughout -- even making fun out of his own tragic onset of deafness. You already know this giant of English literature for the great feast of prose he left us. Think of these delicious poems here as your sinful dessert. - Summary by Arthur Krolman (9 hr 21 min)

Chapters

Ode to Doctor William Sancroft

16:02

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Ode to Sir William Temple

11:24

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Ode to King William

3:12

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Ode to the Athenian Society

17:43

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To Mr. Congreve

14:00

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Occasioned by Sir William Temple etc.

10:16

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Written in a Lady's Ivory Table Book

1:52

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Mrs. Frances Harris's Petition

6:45

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A Ballad on the Game of Traffic

1:27

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A Ballad to the tune of Cutpurse

1:48

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The Discovery

2:23

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The Problem

3:41

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The Description of a Salamander

3:40

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To Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough

1:56

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On the Union

1:16

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On Mrs. Biddy Floyd

1:03

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The Reverse

2:16

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Apollo Outwitted

3:16

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Answer to Lines from May Fair

1:10

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Vanbrugh's House ver.1

4:26

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Vanbrugh's House ver.2

6:16

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Baucis and Philemon ver.1

10:45

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Baucis and Philemon ver.2

8:28

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The History of Vanbrugh's House

2:27

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A Grub Street Elegy

4:27

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The Epitaph

1:01

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A Description of the Morning

1:21

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A Description of a City Shower

4:20

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On the Little House

3:10

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A Town Eclogue

5:07

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A Conference

3:45

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To Lord Harley on his Marriage

3:55

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Phyllis

4:48

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Horace, Book IV, Ode ix

1:31

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To Mr. Delany

5:19

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An Elegy

3:47

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To Mrs. Houghton and Window Verses

2:07

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Apollo to the Dean

5:58

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News from Parnassus

4:24

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Apollo's Edict

3:33

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The Description of an Irish Feast

3:00

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The Progress of Beauty

6:04

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The Progress of Marriage

7:43

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The Progress of Poetry

2:25

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The South Sea Project

11:03

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A Prologue on Stroller Licensing

3:38

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Epilogue to Mr. Hoppy

3:35

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Prologue for the Weavers

2:43

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Epilogue for the Weavers

3:15

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Answer to Prologue and Epilogue

3:34

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On Gaulstown House

1:28

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The Country Life

6:21

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Dr. Delany's Villa and Delville Window

3:06

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Carbery Rocks

3:21

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Copy of the Birthday Verses on Mr. Ford

5:07

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On Dreams

2:40

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Dr. Delany to Dr. Swift and The Answer

4:02

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A Quiet Life and a Good Name and Advice

4:01

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A Pastoral Dialogue

5:09

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Desire and Possession

2:45

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On Censure

1:35

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The Furniture of a Woman's Mind

2:41

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Clever Tom Clinch

1:31

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Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope

1:23

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A Love Poem

2:02

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Bouts Rimez

1:52

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Helter Skelter

2:09

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The Puppet Show

3:32

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The Journal of a Modern Lady

11:16

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The Logicians Refuted

2:40

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The Elephant; or the Parliament Man

1:45

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Paulus Epigram and The Answer

6:42

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A Dialogue

2:40

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On Burning a Dull Poem

1:00

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An Excellent New Ballad

4:07

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On Stephen Duck

0:53

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The Lady's Dressing Room

5:41

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The Power of Time

0:42

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Cassinus and Peter

5:29

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A Beautiful Young Nymph

4:11

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Strephon and Chloe

14:02

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Apollo; or A Problem Solved

1:41

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The Place of the Damned

1:15

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The Day of Judgment

1:22

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Judas

1:41

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An Epistle to Mr. Gay

10:14

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To a Lady

10:37

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Epigrams on Busts in Richmond Hermitage

1:36

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Swift's Birthday Presents

4:41

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An Invitation, by Dr. Delany

1:04

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The Beasts' Confession

8:37

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The Parson's Case

1:51

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The Hardship upon the Ladies

0:45

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A Love Song

1:50

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The Storm

3:40

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Ode on Science

2:15

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A Young Lady's Complaint

2:04

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On the Death of Dr. Swift

21:53

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On Poetry, a Rhapsody

21:36

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Verses sent to the Dean on his Birthday

2:59

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Epigram by Mr. Bowyer

0:41

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On Psyche

1:05

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The Dean and Duke

1:26

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Swift on his own Deafness

1:31

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The Dean's Manner of Living

0:47

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Verses for Fruit Women

2:40

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On Rover, a Lady's Spaniel

2:36

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Epigrams on Windows

4:44

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To Janus, on New Year's Day

1:34

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Miscellaneous

10:03

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An Apology to Lady Carteret

7:15

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The Birth of Manly Virtue

6:24

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On Paddy's Character

1:46

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An Epistle to Lord Cartaret by Delany

5:36

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An Epistle upon an Epistle

5:40

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A Libel on Dr. Delany and Lord Carteret

8:27

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To Dr. Delany on the Libels

7:17

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Directions for a Birthday Song

11:08

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The Pheasant and the Lark

10:58

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Dean Smedley's Petition to the Duke

6:53

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Parody on a Character of Dean Smedley

2:21

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