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Subject: DELANY, PATRICK (1685-1768)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A LIBEL ON THE REVEREND DR. DELANY AND JOHN, LORD CARTERET, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Deluded mortals, whom the great
Subject(s): Carteret, John. Earl Granville; Delany, Patrick (1685-1768)


AN ANSWER TO DR. DELANY'S FABLE OF THE PHEASANT AND THE LARK, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In ancient times the wise were able
Last Line: That ever screeched or ever flew.
Subject(s): Delany, Patrick (1685-1768)


ANSWER TO DELANY'S RIDDLE, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: With half an eye
Last Line: It of every charm
Subject(s): Delany, Patrick (1685-1768); Riddles


DELANY, MOST LEARNED OF MEN, by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738)    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: I'll sleep after drinking your praise
Subject(s): Delany, Patrick (1685-1768)


DR. DELANY'S VILLA, by THOMAS SHERIDAN (1687-1738)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Would you that delville I describe?
Last Line: There's nothing but yourself that's great.
Variant Title(s): A Description Of Doctor Delany's Villa
Subject(s): Delany, Patrick (1685-1768); Houses


LIBEL ON THE REVEREND DR. DELANY AND JOHN, LORD CARTERET, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Deluded mortals, whom the great
Last Line: Are angels, just as kings are gods
Subject(s): Carteret, John. Earl Granville; Delany, Patrick (1685-1768)


TO MR. DELANY, by JONATHAN SWIFT    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To you, whose virtues I must own
Last Line: If he be innocent, defend him
Subject(s): Delany, Patrick (1685-1768)