Arts & Sciences
Swift
From Poems (1851), vol. II: Sketches of English Poets
Arts & Sciences
First in the list behold the caustic Dean,
Whose muse was like himself compact of spleen
Whose sport was ireful, and his laugh severe.
His very kindness cutting, cold, austere.
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