Famous Quotes | Desponding Phyllis was...
Desponding Phyllis was endu’d
With ev’ry Talent of a Prude,
She trembled when a Man drew near;
Salute her, and she turn’d her Ear:
If o’er against her you were plac’d
She durst not look above your Waist;
- Jonathan Swift
Attribution: Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish poet, satirist, clergyman. Phyllis; or, The Progress of Love (l. 1–6). . . The Complete Poems [Jonathan Swift]. Pat Rogers, ed. (1983) Penguin Books.
Categories: Clergyman, Prudery, Satirist
