The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Epigram – 2

< The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift‎ | Volume 7

(Redirected from Epigram (Swift, "Great folks are of a finer mould"))

←

To A Friend, on being libelled

The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
(c. 1721)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

Epigram

Prologue by Dr. Sheridan

→

1560523The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
— Epigramc. 1721Jonathan Swift

EPIGRAM.

GREAT folks are of a finer mould;
Lord! how politely they can scold!
While a coarse English tongue will itch,
For whore and rogue; and dog and bitch.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=The_Works_of_the_Rev._Jonathan_Swift/Volume_7/Epigram_–_2&oldid=10241184"