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Title: A poem of Dean Swift's copied from a lady's transcript
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dean Swift
Date(s): 1730 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Witty self-deprecatory apology to Lady Carteret, wife of the Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, for failing to fulfil a dinner engagement, telling how she in turn
found his lifesyle difficult to bear on visiting him
Title: The place of the damned
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dr S---t
Date(s): 1731 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 13
Contents: Witty satire defining hell as wherever the damned are found, these
potentially comprising all types of men, from poets and critics to
priests and prelates.
Title: Verses writ on window at Lord Cartarets
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dean Swift
Date(s): 1725
Manuscript: Lt q 20
Contents: Witty verses on being made to wait for admission to Dublin Castle, when Lord
Carteret was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Followed by an answer.
Title: The city showr
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Swift ap. Tatler 238, vol.4, p.215, vid Pref. vol.4, p.1 ap
Date(s): 1710 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 61
Contents: Detailed description of the progress and effects of a heavy
shower of rain in the city of London. Lightly satirical.
Title: Morning
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Swift, April 1709 ap. Miscell.
Date(s): 1709 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 61
Contents: Lightly satirical description of morning activities in the city
of London
Title: A song
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dean Swift
Date(s): 1733
Manuscript: Lt 72
Contents: Parody of a conventional love song, invoking numerous classical Greek gods
Title: The place of the damn'd
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Attribution: Dr Swift
Date(s): 1731 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 72
Contents: Witty satire defining hell as wherever the damned are found, these potentially comprising all types of men, from poets and critics to priests and prelates
Title: Lady Acheson weary of Dean Sw--t
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Date(s): 1728 ?
Manuscript: Lt 9
Contents: Lighthearted satire by Swift against himself, put into the mouth of Lady
Acheson, making out she is tired of his visit to her house, Market Hill
Title: To Mrs Hau---n by the same
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 9
Contents: Witty flattering verses seemingly addressed to a Mrs Houghton, occasioned by
her love for her husband
Title: The grand question debated whether Hamilton's bawn shall be turn'd into a
barrack or malt house
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Date(s): 1729
Manuscript: Lt 9
Contents: Witty conversational piece occasioned by Sir Arthur Acheson's dilemma about
an old house on his land, largely a monologue by Lady Acheson's maid
imagaining it being a barracks; including lighthearted satire by Swift
against himself
Title: The history of Vanbrough's House
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Date(s): 1706
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Lighthearted satire on Sir John Vanbrugh's architectural career before
Blenheim, attributing his inspiration to watching children's building games
Title: The place of the damn'd
Author: Swift, Jonathan
Date(s): 1731 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 12
Contents: Witty satire defining hell as wherever the damned are found, these
potentially comprising all types of men, from poets and critics to priests
and prelates