Nature
On the Vowels
Nature
We are little airy creatures,
All of different voice and features;
One of us in glass is set,
One of us you'll find in jet.
T'other you may see in tin,
And the fourth a box within.
If the fifth you should pursue,
It can never fly from you.
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MLA
Swift, Jonathan. “On the Vowels.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/183/.
Chicago
Swift, Jonathan. “On the Vowels.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/183/.
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