The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 8/On the Archbishop of Cashel and Bettesworth

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 8
 (c. 1733)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner
On the Archbishop of Cashel and Bettesworth
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— On the Archbishop of Cashel and Bettesworthc. 1733Jonathan Swift
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ON THE

ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL, AND BETTESWORTH.


DEAR Dick, pr'ythee tell by what passion you move?
The world is in doubt, whether hatred or love;
And, while at good Cashel you rail with such spite,
They shrewdly suspect it is all but a bite.
You certainly know, though so loudly you vapour,
His spite cannot wound, who attempted the Drapier.
Then, prithee, reflect, take a word of advice;
And, as your old wont is, change sides in a trice:
On his virtues hold forth; 'tis the very best way;
And say of the man what all honest men say.
But if, still obdurate, your anger remains,
If still your foul bosom more rancour contains;
​Say then more than they; nay, lavishly flatter,
'Tis your gross panegyrlcks alone can bespatter:
For thine, my dear Dick, give me leave to speak plain,
Like very foul mops, dirty more than they clean.


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