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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1560618The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
— Verses by Stellac. 1722Esther Johnson

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!