Social Commentaries

Epigrams on Windows: Another, at Chester (III)

by Jonathan Swift 1667–1745

Social Commentaries

The walls of this town
Are full of renown,
And strangers delight to walk round 'em:
But as for the dwellers,
Both buyers and sellers,
For me, you may hang 'em, or drown 'em.

MLA

Swift, Jonathan. “Epigrams on Windows: Another, at Chester (III).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/115/.

Chicago

Swift, Jonathan. “Epigrams on Windows: Another, at Chester (III).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/115/.

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