The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Epigram on Wood's Brass Money

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
(c. 1725)
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 on Wood's Brass Money

A Simile on our Want of Silver

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This is the first of seven poems about William Wood’s proposal for Ireland:
1. Epigram on Wood's Brass Money;
2. A Simile on our Want of Silver;
3. Wood an Insect;
4. On Wood the Ironmonger;
5. Will Wood's Petition;
6. A new Song on Wood's Halfpence; and
7. A serious Poem upon Will Wood.

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— Epigram on Wood's Brass Moneyc. 1725Jonathan Swift

AN EPIGRAM

ON WOOD'S BRASS MONE.

CARTERET was welcom'd to the shore
First with the brazen cannons roar;
To meet him next the soldier comes,
With brazen trumps and brazen drums;
Approaching near the town, he hears
The brazen bells salute his ears:
But, when Wood's brass began to sound,
Guns, trumpets, drums, and bells, were drown'd.