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Poem by Jonathan Swift


On the Vowels


We are little airy creatures,
All of different voice and features;
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you'll find in jet.
T'other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within.
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you. 



Jonathan Swift


Jonathan Swift's other poems:
  1. A Rebus. By Vanessa
  2. Love
  3. Twelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. 11
  4. Twelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. 10
  5. Twelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. 3


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