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Poem by Jonathan Swift


Answered Extempore by Dr. Swift


We both are mortal; but thou, frailer creature,
May'st die, like me, by chance, but not by nature. 



Jonathan Swift


Jonathan Swift's other poems:
  1. A Rebus. By Vanessa
  2. At Holyhead
  3. Dean Swift at Sir Arthur Acheson’s, in the North of Ireland
  4. Twelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. Conclusion
  5. Twelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. 12


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