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SWIFT'S EPITAPH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

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First Line: SWIFT HAS SAILED INTO HIS REST
Subject(s): SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667-1745);
Swift has sailed into his rest;
Savage indignation there
Cannot lacerate his breast.
Imitate him if you dare,
World-besotted traveller; he
Served human liberty.



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