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First Line: Jonathan swift / had the gift
Last Line: For england hath its own.
Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)


Jonathan Swift
Had the gift,
By fatherige, motherige,
And by brotherige,
To come from Gutherige,
But now is spoil'd clean,
And an irish Dean.
In this church he has put
A stone of two foot;
With a cup and a can, Sir,
In respect to his grandsire;
So Ireland change thy tone,
And cry, O hone! O hone!
For England hath its own.





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