Living

On a Very Old Glass at Market-Hill

by Jonathan Swift 1667–1745

Living

Frail glass! thou mortal art as well as I;
Though none can tell which of us first shall die.

MLA

Swift, Jonathan. “On a Very Old Glass at Market-Hill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/194/.

Chicago

Swift, Jonathan. “On a Very Old Glass at Market-Hill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/194/.

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