This chapter's epigraph is from a poem by the same author who wrote Gulliver's Travels. In the poem, Gulliver asks the reader to imagine that his house is on the brink of total destruction. He imagines that the people who live in the house are fleeing because of the curse on his eye. He also imagines a time when no one will be able to get out of the house. Gulliver wonders what will happen to his house if he can't find a way to get rid of his cursed eye.