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!

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 · 第 23 / 310 题