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Jonathan Swift (Джонатан Свифт)


Sid Hamet’s Rod


Poor Hall, renown'd for comely hair,
Whose hands, perhaps, were not so fair,
Yet had a Jezebel as near;
Hall, of small scripture conversation,
Yet, howe'er Hungerford's quotation,
By some strange accident had got
The story of this garden-plot;—Wisely
foresaw he might have reason
To dread a modern bill of treason,
If Jezebel should please to want
His small addition to her grant:
Therefore resolved, in humble sort,
To begin first, and make his court;
And, seeing nothing else would do,
Gave a third part, to save the other two. 



Jonathan Swift's other poems:
  1. A Rebus. By Vanessa
  2. Love
  3. Двенадцать эпиграмм для леди Ачесон. 11Twelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. 11
  4. Двенадцать эпиграмм для леди Ачесон. ЗаключениеTwelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. Conclusion
  5. Двенадцать эпиграмм для леди Ачесон. 8Twelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. 8


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