A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING. April, 1709. Jonathan Swift Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T39454 Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Miscellanies in PROSE and VERSE [poems only]. London printed for John Morphew, near Stationers Hall 1711 pp. 404-405. [14],416p.; 8⁰.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING . April , 1709. NOW hardly here and there an Hackney-Coach Appearing , show'd the Ruddy Morns Approach . Now Betty from her Masters Bed had flown , And softly stole to discompose her own . The Slipshod Prentice from his Masters Door , Had par'd the Dirt , and Sprinkled round the Floor . Now Moll had whirl'd her Mop with dext'rous Airs , Prepar'd to Scrub the Entry and the Stairs . The Youth with Broomy Stumps began to trace The Kennel-Edge , where Wheels had worn the Place . The Smallcoal-Man was heard with Cadence deep , 'Till drown'd in Shriller Notes of Chimney-Sweep , Duns at his Lordships Gate began to meet , And Brickdust Moll had scream'd through half the Street . The Turnkey now his Flock returning sees , Duly let out a Nights to Steal for Fees . The watchful Bailiffs take their silent Stands , And School-Boys lag with Satchels in their Hands .