1789
ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION
Rev. Jonathan Swift
Anonymous, "On Swift's Journal of a Modern Lady" English Chronicle or Universal Evening Post (22 October 1789).
Commentary for
Rev. Jonathan Swift:
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Swift paints, with Censure's keenest wit,
The failures of mankind;
And well do Vice and Folly fit
His satirizing mind.
Ladies — read on; the rigid plan
Your harmless souls may bear,
This very satire proves the man
A stranger to the fair.