Selected Poems of John Gay

While part of the "association of wits" that included Pope and Swift, John Gay (1685-1732) developed an original idiom in which he presented an insistently social world. His voice and the voice of his age sound clearly in this collection of his poetry.

Introduction

7

(11)

Chronology of Life and Works

18

(1)

Select Booklist

19

(2)

Wine

21

(4)

The Shepherd's Week

The Proeme

25

(3)

Monday; or, The Squabble

28

(5)

Wednesday; or, The Dumps

33

(4)

Saturday; or, The Flights

37

(4)

Trivia

Book I

41

(9)

Book III

50

(13)

Eclogues

The Birth of the Squire

63

(3)

The Tea-Table

66

(4)

Fables, 1727

Introduction to the Fables

70

(3)

Fable X: The Elephant and the Bookseller

73

(2)

Fable XXIV: The Butterfly and the Snail

75

(1)

Fable XXIX: The Fox at the Point of Death

76

(2)

Fable XXXIX: The Father and Jupiter

78

(1)

Fable XL: The Two Monkeys

79

(2)

Fable XLII: The Jugglers

81

(2)

Fable L: The Hare and Many Friends

83

(2)

Fables, 1738

Fable I: The Dog and the Fox

85

(3)

Fable II: The Vultur, the Sparrow, and other Birds

88

(3)

Fable XVI: The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm

91

(2)

My Own Epitaph

93

(1)

Notes

94

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Selected Poems of John Gay

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