The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/A Motto for Jason Hazard

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
(c. 1718)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

A Motto for Jason Hazard

To Dr. Sheridan

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— A Motto for Jason Hazardc. 1718Jonathan Swift

A MOTTO FOR MR. JASON HASARD,

WOOLLEN-DRAPER IN DUBLIN;

WHOSE SIGN WAS THE GOLDEN FLEECE.

JASON, the valiant prince of Greece,
From Colchos brought the Golden Fleece:
We comb the wool, refine the stuff,
For modern Jasons, that's enough.
O! could we tame yon watchful dragon^[1],
Old Jason would have less to brag on.

↑ England.

[1] England.

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