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Subject: ROCHEFOUCAULD, FRANCOIS DE LA (1613-80)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation                 Poet's Biography
First Line: As rochfoucault [or rochfoucauld] his maxims drew
Last Line: "I wish it soon may have a better."
Variant Title(s): Verses On The Death Of Dr. Swift
Subject(s): Death; Freedom; Gay, John (1685-1732); Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Rochefoucauld, Francois De La (1613-80); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Dead, The; Liberty