The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Jealousy

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
 (c. 1722)
by Esther Johnson, 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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JEALOUSY. BY THE SAME[1].


O Shield me from his rage, celestial powers!
This tyrant, that embitters all my hours!
Ah! Love! you've poorly play'd the hero's part:
You conquered, but you can't defend my heart.
When first I bent beneath your gentle reign,
I thought this monster banish'd from your train:
But you would raise him to support your throne;
And now he claims your empire as his own.
Or tell me, tyrants! have you both agreed,
That where one reigns, the other shall succeed?


  1. ↑ On the publication of "Cadenus and Vanessa."
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