# Hints to servants

Author: Jones, John, 1774-; Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745; Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46760

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hints+to+servants+Jones&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

ONCE on a time a Rev'rend Dean There lived, (and you know whom I mean,) Keen as a hawk each fault to seize, And _Swift_ to blame, as slow to please; Swell'd up with pride to height of tumour, Though all admired his dogged humour. But since our Pompey knew not how To speak, as 'twere, but in 'bow wow!' The Muse invites me to rehearse His constant bark in doggrel verse: Keen irony can't hope to chime Without some small relief from rhyme, Though where you'd feel the sharpest tingle, You lose the smart amidst the jingle! Doubtless (like Swift) we've now-a-days Both lords and ladies shy of praise, Of errors, ills, for ever mumbling, Yet love 'em for the sake of grumbling. Had Swift known how t...

## Chapters

- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hints-to-servants-46760/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hints-to-servants-46760/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hints-to-servants-46760/chapters/1/index.md)