أيُّ شاعرٍ لا يحزن حين يرى أخاه يكتب بقدر ما يكتب؟ بل إنه يتمنى، بدلاً من أن يتفوّقوا عليه، لو يُلقي خصومه جميعاً في الجحيم.
النص الأصلي بالإنجليزية
“What poet would not grieve to see His brother write as well as he? But rather than they should excel, He'd wish his rivals all in Hell.”Jonathan Swift — The Works. Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published. With Memoir of the Author, by Thomas Roscoe. -London, Washbourne 1841 (1841)