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The Dean's Manner Of Living

By Jonathan Swift

Topics: classic

On rainy days alone I dine     Upon a chick and pint of wine.     On rainy days I dine alone,     And pick my chicken to the bone;     But this my servants much enrages,     No scraps remain to save board-wages.     In weather fine I nothing spend,     But often spunge upon a friend;     Yet, where he's not so rich as I,     I pay my club, and so good b'ye.

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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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