《格列佛游记》讲述了:一七一四年托利党失势,他回到爱尔兰,任都柏林圣帕特里克教堂主持牧师,同时着手研究爱尔兰现状,积极支持并投入争取爱尔兰独立自由的斗争,但一个个美好的梦想最后都破灭了。晚年的斯威夫特内心十分孤独,只限于和屈指可数的几个朋友交往。他将自己积蓄的三分之一用于各种慈善事业,用另三分之一的收入为弱智者盖了一所圣帕特里克医院。然而,斯威夫特本人也被疾病折磨得不成样子,许多人甚至认为他已完全疯了。一七四五年十月十九日,斯威夫特辞世而去,终年七十八岁,葬于圣帕特里克大教堂。
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