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

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The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered

The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 18
(c. 1720–1740)
by William Bowyer, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

Epigram on Vertiginosus

Epigram Intended to Be Placed Under the Head of Gulliver

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William Bowyer1691560The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 18
— Epigram on Vertiginosusc. 1720-1740Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

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.

↑ See page 441.

[1] See page 441.

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