Arts & Sciences

Verses on Blenheim

by Jonathan Swift 1667–1745

From Poems (Browning, 1910)

Arts & Sciences

See, here's the grand approach,
That way is for his grace's coach;
There lies the bridge, and there the clock,
Observe the lion and the cock;
The spacious court, the colonnade,
And mind how wide the hall is made;
The chimneys are so well design'd,
They never smoke in any wind:
The galleries contrived for walking,
The windows to retire and talk in;
The council-chamber to debate,
And all the rest are rooms of state.
Thanks, sir, cried I, 'tis very fine,
But where d'ye sleep, or where d'ye dine?
I find, by all you have been telling,
That 'tis a house, but not a dwelling.

MLA

Swift, Jonathan. “Verses on Blenheim.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/335/.

Chicago

Swift, Jonathan. “Verses on Blenheim.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swift/335/.

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