Social Commentaries

On Swift

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Swift though h'has bin but once 'mongst Gentlemen,
And hath learnt what their Christen names are, then
He speaks to them in such familiar phrase,
As if th'had long acquainted been, and saies,
If any speak of them, he knows 'um wel,
And cals them Jack, Dick, or the like, wil tel
You when, and where he saw them last, and how
Their intimate acquaintance first did grow.
Swift thy too much familiaritie
May breed contempt. Believ't they know not thee.

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Heath, Robert. “On Swift.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/229/.

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