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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

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    “Fair Liberty was all his cry;
    For her he stood prepared to die;
    For her he boldly stood alone;
    For her he oft exposed his own.”
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    “Their school a crowd, his master solitude;
    Through Jonathan Swift’s dark grove he passed, and there
    Plucked bitter wisdom that enriched his blood.”
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    “May you live all the days of your life.”
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)