Description Of A City Shower

Description Of A City Shower

by Jonathan Swift

A witty and humorous poem describing a sudden and intense rainstorm in a city. The poem vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the storm, as well as the reactions of the city's inhabitants.

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Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclo...

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