Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRAPIER'S HILL, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poet's Biography First Line: We give the world to understand Last Line: And drapier's vie with cooper's hill. Subject(s): Drapier's Hill, Ireland | ||||||||
We give the world to understand, Our thriving Dean has purchased land; A purchase which will bring him clear, Above his rent four pounds a year; Provided, to improve the ground, He will but add two hundred pound, And from his endless hoarded store, To build a house five hundred more. Sir Arthur too shall have his will, And call the mansion Drapier's Hill; That when the nation long enslaved, Forgets by whom it once was saved; When none the Drapier's praise shall sing; His signs aloft no longer swing; His medals and his prints forgotten, And all his handkerchiefs are rotten; His famous Letters made waste paper; This hill may keep the name of Drapier: In spite of envy flourish still, And Drapier's vie with Cooper's Hill. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER by JONATHAN SWIFT A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING by JONATHAN SWIFT A GENTLE ECHO ON WOMAN (IN THE DORIC MANNER) by JONATHAN SWIFT A SATIRICAL ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A LATE FAMOUS GENERAL by JONATHAN SWIFT AN EPIGRAM ON SCOLDING by JONATHAN SWIFT CLEVER TOM CLINCH GOING TO BE HANGED by JONATHAN SWIFT DICK, A MAGGOT by JONATHAN SWIFT HELTER SKELTER; OR, THE HUE AND CRY AFTER THE ATTORNEYS by JONATHAN SWIFT HOLYHEAD, SEPTEMBER 25, 1727 by JONATHAN SWIFT IN SICKNESS (1714) by JONATHAN SWIFT MRS. HARRIS'S PETITION: TO EXCELLENCIES THE LORDS JUSTICES OF IRELAND by JONATHAN SWIFT |
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