6
MEMOIRS
OF
plundered
by
the
parliamentary
soldiers,
even
to
the
clothes
of
the
infant
in
the
cradle,
(which,
according
to
family
tradition,
was
Jonathan,
father
of
the
Dean,)
and
to
the
last
loaf
which
was
to
support
his
nume
rous
family,
Thomas
Swift
died
in
the
year
1658,
lea
ving
ten
sons,
and
three
or
four
daughters,
with
no
other
fortune
than
the
small
estate
to
which
he
was
born,
and
that
almost
ruined
by
fines
and
sequestra-
tions.
The
sufferings
of
this
gentleman
were
of
some
ser-
or
Gotheridge,
He
sent
a
pencilled
elevation
of
the
monument,
(a
simple
tablet,)
to
Mrs
Howard,
who
returned
it
with
the
follow
ing
lines,
inscribed
on
the
drawing
by
Pope.
The
paper
is
indor
sed,
in
Swift ' s
hand,
"
Model
of
a
monument
for
my
grandfather,
with
Mr
Pope ' s
roguery. "
JONATHAN
SWIFT
Had
the
gift,
By
fatherige,
motherige,
And
by
brotherige,
To
come
from
Gutherige,
But
now
is
spoil ' d
clean,
And
an
Irish
Dean.
In
this
church
he
has
put
A
stone
of
two
foot
;
With
a
cup
and
a
can,
Sir,
In
respect
to
his
grandsire
;
So,
Ireland,
change
thy
tone,
And
cry,
O
hone
!
O
hone
!
For
England
hath
its
own.
The
lines,
originally
written
in
pencil
by
Pope,
are
traced
over
in
ink
by
Dr
Lyons,
as
a
memorandum
bears.
It
occurred
amongst
Dr
Lyon ' s
manuscripts.
