The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Verses by Stella

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
(c. 1722)
by Esther Johnson, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

Verses by Stella

Jealousy, by the same

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Esther Johnson1560618The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
— Verses by Stellac. 1722Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner

VERSES BY STELLA.

IF it be true, celestial powers,
That you have form'd me fair,
And yet, in all my vainest hours,
My mind has been my care:
Then, in return, I beg this grace,
As you were ever kind,
What envious Time takes from my face,
Bestow upon my mind!