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A Wicked Treasonable Libel[1]

By Jonathan Swift

Topics: classic

While the king and his ministers keep such a pother,     And all about changing one whore for another,     Think I to myself, what need all this strife,     His majesty first had a whore of a wife,     And surely the difference mounts to no more     Than, now he has gotten a wife of a whore.     Now give me your judgment a very nice case on;     Each queen has a son, say which is the base one?     Say which of the two is the right Prince of Wales,     To succeed, when, (God bless him,) his majesty fails;     Perhaps it may puzzle our loyal divines     To unite these two Protestant parallel lines,     From a left-handed wife, and one turn'd out of doors,     Two reputed king's sons, both true sons of whores;     No law can determine it, which is first oars.     But, alas! poor old England, how wilt thou be master'd;     For, take which you please, it must needs be a bastard.

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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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