The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 18/Upon Carthy's Threatening to Translate Pindar

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 18
(c. 1710–1730)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

Upon Carthy's Threatening to Translate Pindar

Epigram on Delacour's Complimenting Carthy on His Poetry

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1691554The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 18
— Upon Carthy's Threatening to Translate Pindarc. 1710-1730Jonathan Swift

UPON CARTHY'S^[1] THREATENING TO TRANSLATE PINDAR.⁠BY DR. SWIFT.

YOU have undone Horace, — what should hinder
Thy muse from falling upon Pindar?
But ere you mount his fiery steed,
Beware, O bard, how you proceed: ——
For should you give him once the reins,
High up in air he'll turn your brains;
And if you should his fury check,
'Tis ten to one he breaks your neck.

↑ Carthy, a scribbling schoolmaster, wrote some severe lines on Dr. Swift and his friends.

[1] Carthy, a scribbling schoolmaster, wrote some severe lines on Dr. Swift and his friends.

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