Jonathan Swift Quotes About Poetry

Quotes about: Poetry

• For poetry, he's past his prime,
  He takes an hour to find a rhyme;
  His fire is out, his wit decayed,
  His fancy sunk, his muse a jade.
  I'd have him throw away his pen,
  But there's no talking to some men.

  Jonathan Swift

  Past, Men, Fire

  Matthew Prior, Jonathan Swift (1853). “Select poems of Prior and Swift [ed. by C. Bathurst].”, p.155

• From not the gravest of Divines,
  Accept for once some serious Lines.

  Jonathan Swift

  Poetry, Lines, Serious

  Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth (1754). “The Works of Jonathan Swift: Accurately Revised in Twelve Volumes, Adorned with Copper-plates. With Some Account of the Author's Life and Notes, Historical and Explanatory”, p.142

• What poet would not grieve to see
  His brother write as well as he?
  But rather than they should excel,
  He'd wish his rivals all in Hell.

  Jonathan Swift

  Brother, Writing, Grieving

  Jonathan Swift (1841). “The Works. Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published. With Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe. -London, Washbourne 1841”, p.655

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