satirical elegy. on the death of a late famous general - jonathan swift Flashcards
his _____! __________! what ____!
his grace! impossible! what dead!
and could that ______ _______ fall?
and could that Mighty Warrior fall?
and so __________, after ___!
and so inglorious, after all!
well, since he’s ____, no ______ how
well, since he’s gone, no matter how
the last loud _____ must ____ him now
the last loud trump must wake him now
__________, i think, is ______ high
threescore, i think, is pretty high
‘twas time in __________ he should die.
this _____ he ______‘d long enough; he _____ his ______ to the _____;
‘twas time in conscience he should die.
this world he cumber’d long enough; he burnt his candle to the snuff;
he left ______ so great a _____
he left behind so great a stink
nor _____‘_ sighs, nor ______‘_ tears, wont at such time each _____ to ______
nor widow’s sighs, nor orphan’s tears, wont at such time each heart to pierce
attend the ________ of his _____
attend the progress of his herse
he made them ____ before he __‘_
he made them weep before he dy’d
come ______, all ye _____ things,
ye ________ rais’d by ______ of _____;
come hither, all ye empty things,
ye bubbles rais’d by breath of Kings;
how very ____ a thing’s a ____;
how very mean a thing’s a Duke;
from all his ___-got _______ flung,
from all his ill-got honours flung,
turn’d to that ____ from ______ he ______
turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung
