Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE DEAN OF ST. PATRICK'S (3), by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738) Poet's Biography First Line: Dear dean, I'm in a sad condition Last Line: Some ending where they just begun. Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Sleep; Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) | ||||||||
Dear Dean, I'm in a sad condition, I cannot see to read or write; Pity the darkness of the Priscian, Whose days are all transformed to night. My head, though light's a dungeon grown, The windows of my skull are closed; Therefore to sleep I lay me down, My verse and I are both composed. Sleep, did I say? That cannot be, For who can sleep that wants his eyes? My bed is useless then to me, Therefore I lay me down to rise. Unnumbered thoughts pass to and fro Upon the surface of my brain; In various maze they come and go, And come and go again. So have you seen in sheet burnt black The fiery sparks at random run, Now here, now there, some turning back, Some ending where they just begun. | 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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