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On The Arms Of The Town Of Waterford[1]
By Jonathan Swift
- URBS INTACTA MANET - semper intacta manebit,
Tangere crabrones quis bene sanus amat?
TRANSLATION
A thistle is the Scottish arms,
Which to the toucher threatens harms,
What are the arms of Waterford,
That no man touches - but a - - ?
Extra Info:
[Footnote 1: While viewing this town, the Dean observed a stone bearing the city arms, with the motto, URBS INTACTA MANET. The approach to this monument was covered with filth. The Dean, on returning to the inn, wrote the Latin epigram and added the English paraphrase, for the benefit, he said, of the ladies. - Scott.]
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