[This gave occasion to Swift's celebrated "Verses on his own Death." T… — Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
SAPIR 861
[This gave occasion to Swift's celebrated "Verses on his own Death." The four first are quoted opposite the title, then follow these lines:-- "This maxim more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast; In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends; While nature kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us."
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