The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 18/Epigram on Vertiginosus

by William Bowyer

EPIGRAM BY MR. BOWYER.

'IN SYLLABAM LONGAM IN VOCE VERTIGINOSUS^[1] A D. SWIFT CORREPTAM.'

MUSARUM antistes, Phœbi numerosus alumnus,
⁠Vix omnes numeros Vertiginosus habet.
Intentat charo capiti vertigo ruinam:
⁠Oh! servet cerebro nata Minerva caput.
Vertigo nimium longa est, divine poeta;
⁠Dent tibi Pierides, donet Apollo, brevem.

1. See page 441.