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Poem by Jonathan Swift


Twelve Articles Addressed to Lady Acheson. 7


Not a jest or humorous story
Will I ever tell before ye:
To be chidden for explaining,
When you quite mistake the meaning.



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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