On Swift

Will nothing but from Greece or Rome
Please me? is nothing good at home?
Yes; better; but I look in vain
For a Molière or La Fontaine.
Swift in his humour was as strong
But there was gall upon his tongue.
Bitters and acids may excite,
Yet satisfy not appetite.
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