The Poems of Jonathan Swift

-Ode to Doctor William Sancroft

ODE TO DOCTOR WILLIAM SANCROFT[1]

LATE LORD BISHOP OF CANTERBURY

WRITTEN IN MAY, 1689,

AT THE DESIRE OF THE LATE LORD BISHOP OF ELY

[The rest of the poem is lost.]

[Footnote 1: Born Jan., 1616-17; died 1693. For his life, see "Dictionary of National Biography."--W. E. B.]