The Poems of Jonathan Swift

-Vanbrugh's House

[1] BUILT FROM THE RUINS OF WHITEHALL THAT WAS BURNT

1703

[Footnote 1: This is the earlier version of the Poem discovered by Forster at Narford, the residence of Mr. Fountaine. See Forster's "Life of Swift," p. 163.--W. E. B.]

Vanbrugh's House

[Note 1: Here follows the later version of the poem, as printed in all editions of Swift's works.--W. E. B.]

[Footnote 2: Sir John Vanbrugh at that time held the office of Clarencieux king of arms.--Scott.]

[Footnote 3: Several of Vanbrugh's plays are taken from Moliere.--Scott. This is a very loose statement. That Vanbrugh was indebted for some of his plays to French sources is true; but the only one taken from Moliere was "The Mistake," adapted from "Le Depit Amoureux"; while his two best plays, "The Relapse" and "The Provoked Wife," were original.--W. E. B.]