Social Commentaries
Answered Extempore by Dr. Swift
Social Commentaries
We both are mortal; but thou, frailer creature,
May'st die, like me, by chance, but not by nature.
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MLA
Swift, Jonathan. “Answered Extempore by Dr. Swift.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/195/.
Chicago
Swift, Jonathan. “Answered Extempore by Dr. Swift.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/195/.
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