Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE DEAN (2), by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738) Poet's Biography First Line: Sir, perhaps you may wonder, I send you so soon Last Line: Dear dean, I shall ne'er be divided from you. Subject(s): Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) | ||||||||
SIR, Perhaps you may wonder, I send you so soon Another epistle; consider 'tis noon. For all his acquaintance well know that friend Tom is, Whenever he makes one, as good as his promise. Now Phoebus exalted sits high on his throne, Dividing the heavens, dividing my crown. Into poems and business, my skull's split in two, One side for the lawyers, and t'other for you. With my left eye I see you sit snug in your stall; With my right I'm attending the lawyers that scrawl. With my left I behold your bellower a cur chase; With my right I'm a-reading my deeds for a purchase. My left ear's attending the hymns of the choir; My right ear is stunned with the noise of the crier. My right hand's inditing these lines to your reverence; My left is indenting for me and heirs ever-hence. Although in myself I'm divided in two, Dear Dean, I shall ne'er be divided from you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HYPOCRITE SWIFT by LOUISE BOGAN THE HAPPY LIFE OF A COUNTRY PARSON by ALEXANDER POPE THE LAMENTATION OF GLUMDALCLITCH FOR THE LOSS OF GRILDRIG by ALEXANDER POPE ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT by JONATHAN SWIFT SWIFT'S EPITAPH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS ON SENDING MY SON AS A PRESENT TO DR. SWIFT by MARY BARBER QUILCA HOUSE TO THE DEAN by HENRY BROOKE AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT NUGENT WITH PICTURE OF DR. SWIFT, SELECTION by WILLIAM DUNKIN A LETTER FROM DR. SHERIDAN TO DR. SWIFT by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738) A LETTER OF ADVICE TO RIGHT HON. JOHN EARL OF ORRERY by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738) A PROLOGUE TO A PLAY PERFORMED AT MR. SHERIDAN'S SCHOOL by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738) |
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