Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was a largely satirical author, journalist and priest born in Ireland. He received his education at Trinity College Dublin and later a Masters degree at Oxford. Swift often visited London and became a politically keen pamphleteer. He also edited a Tory newspaper The Examiner between 1710–14 and was a part of the so-called Scriblerus Club, which included the most outstanding Augustan literati such as Alexander Pope and John Gay. Swift was unable to advance to the...
Poets & Their Trades – The Clergy - Poems from writers who were also members of the clergy
John Donne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, George Herbert, Robert Herrick, Jonathan Swift, Henry Alford, Robert Southwell, Thomas Traherne, John Keble, William Lisle Bowles, Henry van Dyke, Horatio Alger Jr
The Top 10 Poets – The Dublin Universities - Five poems each from the best poets to attend university in Dublin
Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Thomas More, Jonathan Swift, Oliver Goldsmith, Padraic Pearse, T W Rolleston, John Todhunter, Nahum Tate, William Congreve
The Top 10 Poets – The Clergy - Five poems each from some of the best poets to have been members of the clergy
John Donne, Gerard Manley Hopkins, George Herbert, Jonathan Swift, Robert Herrick, Thomas Traherne, Henry Alford, John Keble, William Lisle Bowles, Henry van Dyke
The Top 10 Poets – The Irish - Five poems each from some of the best poets ever born in Ireland
W B Yeats, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, George William Russell, Thomas More, Eva Gore-Booth, Oliver Goldsmith, Katharine Tynan, Francis Ledwidge
Gulliver's Travels: A Voyage to Lilliput - A soothing reading for sleep and relaxation
Jonathan Swift
Rhyme A Dozen A - 12 Poets 12 Poems 1 Topic ― Birthdays - 12 Poets 12 Poems 1 Topic
Christina Rossetti, Lucretia Maria Davidson, Lord Byron, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Ross Wallace, Jonathan Swift, Edmund Waller, James Russell Lowell, Henry Baker, Jane Austen, Martin Farquhar Tupper, John Milton
Modest Proposal A: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country (Unabridged Version)
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