History & Politics

On the Same (The Judge's Grandsire)

by Jonathan Swift 1667–1745

History & Politics

In church your grandsire cut his throat;
To do the job too long he tarried:
He should have had my hearty vote
To cut his throat before he married.

MLA

Swift, Jonathan. “On the Same (The Judge's Grandsire).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/254/.

Chicago

Swift, Jonathan. “On the Same (The Judge's Grandsire).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/254/.

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