WRITTEN BY DR. SWIFT ON HIS OWN DEAFNESS, IN SEPTEMBER, 1734

Vertiginosus, inops, surdus, male gratus amicis;

Non campana sonans, tonitru non ab Jove missum,

Quod mage mirandum, saltem si credere fas est,

Non clamosa meas mulier jam percutit aures.