Living
The Plagues of a Country Life
Living
A companion with news; a great want of shoes;
Eat lean meat or choose; a church without pews;
Our horses away; no straw, oats, or hay;
December in May; our boys run away; all servants at play.
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MLA
Swift, Jonathan. “The Plagues of a Country Life.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/315/.
Chicago
Swift, Jonathan. “The Plagues of a Country Life.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/315/.
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