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A Reply, By Sheridan, To Delany

By Jonathan Swift

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I like your collyrium,     Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um,         'Twill gain you a great reputation;     By this you may rise,     Like the doctor so wise,[1]         Who open'd the eyes of the nation.     And these, I must tell ye,     Are bigger than its belly; -         You know, theres in Livy a story     Of the hands and the feet     Denying of meat, -         Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?     Your water so far goes,     'Twould serve for an Argus,         Were all his whole hundred sore;     So many we read     He had in his head,         Or Ovid's a son of a whore.     For your recipe, sir,     May my lids never stir,         If ever I think once to fee you;     For I'd have you to know,     When abroad I can go,         That it's honour enough, if I see you.

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About Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, and poet. Best known for "Gulliver's Travels," his poetry includes "A Description of a City Shower" and "Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift." His sharp wit and moral indignation made him one of the greatest satirists in English.

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