The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 / Historical and Political Tracts-Irish
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Chapter 1 No.1
Chapter 2 No.2
Chapter 3 No.3
Chapter 4 No.4
Chapter 5 No.5
Chapter 6 No.6
Chapter 7 No.7
Chapter 8 No.8
Chapter 9 No.9
Chapter 10 No.10
Chapter 11 No.11
Chapter 12 No.12
Chapter 13 No.13
Chapter 14 No.14
Chapter 15 No.15
Chapter 16 No.16
Chapter 17 No.17
Chapter 18 No.18
Chapter 19 No.19
Chapter 20 No.20
Chapter 21 No.21
Chapter 22 No.22
Chapter 23 No.23
Chapter 24 No.24
Chapter 25 No.25
Chapter 26 No.26
Chapter 27 No.27
Chapter 28 No.28
Chapter 29 No.29
Chapter 30 No.30
Chapter 31 No.31
Chapter 32 No.32
Chapter 33 No.33
Chapter 34 No.34
Chapter 35 No.35
Chapter 36 No.36
Chapter 37 No.37
Chapter 38 No.38
Chapter 39 No.39
Chapter 40 No.40
Chapter 41 ON A WINDOW AT AN INN
Chapter 42 AT AN INN IN ENGLAND
Chapter 43 ON A WINDOW AT THE FOUR CROSSES IN THE WATLING-STREET ROAD, WARWICKSHIRE
Chapter 44 ANOTHER, AT CHESTER
Chapter 45 ANOTHER, AT CHESTER No.45
Chapter 46 ANOTHER, AT CHESTER No.46
Chapter 47 ANOTHER WRITTEN UPON A WINDOW WHERE THERE WAS NO WRITING BEFORE
Chapter 48 ON SEEING VERSES WRITTEN UPON WINDOWS AT INNS
Chapter 49 ANOTHER
Chapter 50 ANOTHER No.50
Chapter 51 ANOTHER, AT HOLYHEAD [1]
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Chapter 19 No.19

Then tell, dear favourite Muse!

What serpent's that which still resorts,

Still lurks in palaces and courts?

Take thy unwonted flight,

And on the terrace light.

See where she lies!

See how she rears her head,

And rolls about her dreadful eyes,

To drive all virtue out, or look it dead!

'Twas sure this basilisk sent Temple t

             
            

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