Social Commentaries
Epigrams on Windows: On Seeing Verses Written upon Windows at Inns
Social Commentaries
The sage, who said he should be proud
Of windows in his breast,
Because he ne'er a thought allow'd
That might not be confest;
His window scrawl'd by every rake,
His breast again would cover,
And fairly bid the devil take
The diamond and the lover.
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MLA
Swift, Jonathan. “Epigrams on Windows: On Seeing Verses Written upon Windows at Inns.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/117/.
Chicago
Swift, Jonathan. “Epigrams on Windows: On Seeing Verses Written upon Windows at Inns.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/117/.
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