The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 8/The Power of Time

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 8
 (1730)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner
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— The Power of Time1730Jonathan Swift
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THE POWER OF TIME. 1730.


IF neither brass nor marble can withstand
The mortal force of Time's destructive hand;
If mountains sink to vales, if cities die,
And lessening rivers mourn their fountains dry:
When my old cassock (said a Welsh divine)
Is out at elbows; why should I repine?

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