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Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One

Name: Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Author: Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Read by Arthur Krolman · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Ode to Doctor William Sancroft (16:02)
Ode to Sir William Temple (11:24)
Ode to King William (3:12)
Ode to the Athenian Society (17:43)
To Mr. Congreve (14:00)
Occasioned by Sir William Temple etc. (10:16)
Written in a Lady's Ivory Table Book (1:52)
Mrs. Frances Harris's Petition (6:45)
A Ballad on the Game of Traffic (1:27)
A Ballad to the tune of Cutpurse (1:48)
The Discovery (2:23)
The Problem (3:41)
The Description of a Salamander (3:40)
To Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough (1:56)
On the Union (1:16)
On Mrs. Biddy Floyd (1:03)
The Reverse (2:16)
Apollo Outwitted (3:16)
Answer to Lines from May Fair (1:10)
Vanbrugh's House ver.1 (4:26)
Vanbrugh's House ver.2 (6:16)
Baucis and Philemon ver.1 (10:45)
Baucis and Philemon ver.2 (8:28)
The History of Vanbrugh's House (2:27)
A Grub Street Elegy (4:27)
The Epitaph (1:01)
A Description of the Morning (1:21)
A Description of a City Shower (4:20)
On the Little House (3:10)
A Town Eclogue (5:07)
A Conference (3:45)
To Lord Harley on his Marriage (3:55)
Phyllis (4:48)
Horace, Book IV, Ode ix (1:31)
To Mr. Delany (5:19)
An Elegy (3:47)
To Mrs. Houghton and Window Verses (2:07)
Apollo to the Dean (5:58)
News from Parnassus (4:24)
Apollo's Edict (3:33)
The Description of an Irish Feast (3:00)
The Progress of Beauty (6:04)
The Progress of Marriage (7:43)
The Progress of Poetry (2:25)
The South Sea Project (11:03)
A Prologue on Stroller Licensing (3:38)
Epilogue to Mr. Hoppy (3:35)
Prologue for the Weavers (2:43)
Epilogue for the Weavers (3:15)
Answer to Prologue and Epilogue (3:34)
On Gaulstown House (1:28)
The Country Life (6:21)
Dr. Delany's Villa and Delville Window (3:06)
Carbery Rocks (3:21)
Copy of the Birthday Verses on Mr. Ford (5:07)
On Dreams (2:40)
Dr. Delany to Dr. Swift and The Answer (4:02)
A Quiet Life and a Good Name and Advice (4:01)
A Pastoral Dialogue (5:09)
Desire and Possession (2:45)
On Censure (1:35)
The Furniture of a Woman's Mind (2:41)
Clever Tom Clinch (1:31)
Dr. Swift to Mr. Pope (1:23)
A Love Poem (2:02)
Bouts Rimez (1:52)
Helter Skelter (2:09)
The Puppet Show (3:32)
The Journal of a Modern Lady (11:16)
The Logicians Refuted (2:40)
The Elephant; or the Parliament Man (1:45)
Paulus Epigram and The Answer (6:42)
A Dialogue (2:40)
On Burning a Dull Poem (1:00)
An Excellent New Ballad (4:07)
On Stephen Duck (0:53)
The Lady's Dressing Room (5:41)
The Power of Time (0:42)
Cassinus and Peter (5:29)
A Beautiful Young Nymph (4:11)
Strephon and Chloe (14:02)
Apollo; or A Problem Solved (1:41)
The Place of the Damned (1:15)
The Day of Judgment (1:22)
Judas (1:41)
An Epistle to Mr. Gay (10:14)
To a Lady (10:37)
Epigrams on Busts in Richmond Hermitage (1:36)
Swift's Birthday Presents (4:41)
An Invitation, by Dr. Delany (1:04)
The Beasts' Confession (8:37)
The Parson's Case (1:51)
The Hardship upon the Ladies (0:45)
A Love Song (1:50)
The Storm (3:40)
Ode on Science (2:15)
A Young Lady's Complaint (2:04)
On the Death of Dr. Swift (21:53)
On Poetry, a Rhapsody (21:36)
Verses sent to the Dean on his Birthday (2:59)
Epigram by Mr. Bowyer (0:41)
On Psyche (1:05)
The Dean and Duke (1:26)
Swift on his own Deafness (1:31)
The Dean's Manner of Living (0:47)
Verses for Fruit Women (2:40)
On Rover, a Lady's Spaniel (2:36)
Epigrams on Windows (4:44)
To Janus, on New Year's Day (1:34)
Miscellaneous (10:03)
An Apology to Lady Carteret (7:15)
The Birth of Manly Virtue (6:24)
On Paddy's Character (1:46)
An Epistle to Lord Cartaret by Delany (5:36)
An Epistle upon an Epistle (5:40)
A Libel on Dr. Delany and Lord Carteret (8:27)
To Dr. Delany on the Libels (7:17)
Directions for a Birthday Song (11:08)
The Pheasant and the Lark (10:58)
Dean Smedley's Petition to the Duke (6:53)
Parody on a Character of Dean Smedley (2:21)