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merry folks who want by chance A pair to make a country dance�察�Call the 

old   housekeeper�察  �and   get   her   To   fill   a   place�察  �for   want   of   better�察  �While 

Sheridan is off the hooks�察�And friend Delany at his books�察�That Stella may 

avoid disgrace�察�Once more the Dean supplies their place。 Beauty and wit�察�

too sad a truth�察�Have always been confined to youth�察�The god of wit�察�and 

beauty's queen�察�He twenty´one�察�and she fifteen�察�No poet ever sweetly sung。 

Unless he were like Phoebus�察�young�察�Nor ever nymph inspired to rhyme�察�

Unless like Venus in her prime。 At fifty´six�察�if this be true�察�Am I a poet fit 

for you�察�Or at the age of forty´three�察�Are you a subject fit for me�拭�Adieu 

bright wit�察�and radiant eyes�察�You must be grave�察�and I be wise。 Our fate in 

vain we would oppose�察�But I'll be still your friend in prose�察�Esteem and 

friendship to express�察�Will not require poetic dress�察�And if the muse deny 

her aid To   have them sung�察�they  may  be   said。 But�察 �Stella   say�察 �what   evil 

tongue Reports you are no longer young�拭�That Time sits with his scythe to 



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mow Where erst sat Cupid with his bow�察�That half your locks are turned to 

grey�察�I'll ne'er believe a word they say。 'Tis true�察�but let it not be known�察�

My eyes are somewhat dimish grown�察�For nature�察�always in the right�察�To 

your decays adapts my sight�察�And wrinkles undistinguished pass�察�For I'm 

ashamed to use a glass�察�And till I see them with these eyes�察�Whoever says 

you   have   them�察  �lies。   No   length   of   time   can   make   you   quit   Honour   and 

virtue�察  �sense   and   wit�察  �Thus   you   may   still   be   young   to   me�察  �While   I   can 

better hear than see�此�Oh�察�ne'er may fortune show her spite�察�To make   me 

deaf�察�and mend my sight。 

       STELLA'S BIRTHDAY�察�MARCH 13�察�1726。 

       THIS day�察�whate'er the Fates decree�察�Shall still be kept with joy by 

me�察�This day�察�then�察�let us not be told That you are sick�察�and I grown old�察�

Nor   think   on   our   approaching   ills�察�And   talk   of   spectacles   and   pills�察  �To´ 

morrow will be time enough To hear such mortifying stuff。 Yet�察�since from 

reason may be brought A better and more pleasing thought�察�Which can�察�in 

spite of all decays�察�Support a few remaining days�此�From not the gravest of 

divines Accept for once some serious lines。 Although we now can form no 

more Long schemes of life�察�as heretofore�察�Yet you�察�while time is running 

fast�察�Can look with joy on what is past。 Were future happiness and pain A 

mere contrivance of the brain�察�As Atheists argue�察�to entice�察�And fit their 

proselytes for vice ��The only comfort they propose�察�To have companions 

in their woes��。 Grant this the case�察�yet sure 'tis hard That virtue�察�styled its 

own reward�察�And by all sages understood To be the chief of human good�察�

Should   acting�察  �die�察  �or   leave   behind   Some   lasting   pleasure   in   the   mind。 

Which   by   remembrance   will   assuage   Grief�察  �sickness�察  �poverty�察  �and   age�察�

And strongly  shoot a  radiant dart�察�To shine  through life's declining part。 

Say�察  �Stella�察  �feel   you   no   content�察  �Reflecting   on   a   life   well   spent�察  �Your 

skilful hand employed to save   Despairing wretches from the grave�察�And 

then   supporting   with   your   store�察  �Those   whom   you   dragged   from   death 

before�拭�So Providence on mortals waits�察�Preserving what it first creates�察�

You   generous   boldness   to   defend   An   innocent   and   absent   friend�察  �That 

courage   which   can   make   you   just�察  �To   merit   humbled   in   the   dust�察  �The 

detestation   you   express   For vice   in   all   its glittering   dress�此�That   patience 

under   to   torturing     pain�察  �Where   stubborn   stoics   would   complain。          Must 



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these like empty shadows pass�察�Or forms reflected from a glass�拭�Or mere 

chimaeras in the mind�察�That fly�察�and leave no marks behind�拭�Does not the 

body thrive and grow By food of twenty years ago�拭�And�察�had it not been 

still supplied�察�It must a thousand times have died。 Then�察�who with reason 

can maintain That no effects of food remain�拭�And�察�is not virtue in mankind 

The nutriment that feeds the mind�拭�Upheld by each good action past�察�And 

still   continued   by   the   last�此  �Then�察  �who   with   reason   can   pretend   That   all 

effects    of  virtue   end�拭   �Believe    me�察  �Stella�察  �when    you    show    That   true 

contempt for things below�察�Nor prize your life for other ends Than merely 

to oblige   your   friends�察�Your   former   actions claim  their   part�察�And   join to 

fortify your heart。      For virtue in her daily race�察�Like Janus�察�bears a double 

face。   Look   back   with   joy   where   she   has   gone�察�And   therefore   goes   with 

courage on。 She at your sickly couch will wait�察�And guide you to a better 

state。 O then�察�whatever heav'n intends�察�Take pity on your pitying friends�察�

Nor let your ills affect your mind�察�To fancy they can be unkind�察�Me�察�surely 

me�察�you ought to spare�察�Who gladly would your sufferings share�察�Or give 

my scrap of life to you�察�And think it far beneath your due�察�You to whose 

care so oft I owe That I'm alive to tell you so。 



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                                CHAPTER X 



                                       TO STELLA�察�



     VISITING ME IN MY SICKNESS�察�OCTOBER�察�1727。 



     PALLAS�察  �observing   Stella's   wit   Was   more   than   for   her   sex   was   fit�察�

And that her beauty�察�soon or late�察�Might breed confusion in the state�察�In 

high concern for human kind�察�Fixed honour in her infant mind。 But ��not in 

wranglings to engage With such a stupid vicious age���察�If honour I would 

here   define�察  �It   answers   faith   in   things   divine。   As   natural   life   the   body 

warms�察  �And�察  �scholars   teach�察  �the   soul   informs�察  �So   honour   animates   the 

whole�察�And   is   the   spirit   of   the   soul。   Those   numerous   virtues   which   the 

tribe Of tedious moralists describe�察�And by such various titles call�察�True 

honour     comprehends        them   all。  Let   melancholy      rule  supreme�察    �Choler 

preside�察 �or   blood�察  �or   phlegm。   It   makes   no   difference  in   the   case。   Nor   is 

complexion       honour's    place。   But�察  �lest  we   should    for  honour    take   The 

drunken   quarrels   of   a   rake�察  �Or   think   it   seated   in   a   scar�察  �Or   on   a   proud 

triumphal car�察�Or in the payment of a debt�察�We lose with sharpers at piquet�察�

Or�察�when a whore in her vocation�察�Keeps punctual to an assignation�察�Or 

that on which his lordship swears�察�When vulgar knaves would lose their 

ears�此  �Let   Stella's   fair   example   preach   A  lesson   she   alone   can   teach。   In 

points of honour to be tried�察�All passions must be laid aside�察�Ask no advice�察�

but think alone�察�Suppose the question not your own�察�How shall I act�拭�is 

not the case�察�But how would Brutus in my place�察�In such a cause would 

Cato bleed�察�And how would Socrates proceed�拭�Drive all objections from 

your mind�察�Else you relapse to human kind�察�Ambition�察�avarice�察�and lust�察�

And factious rage�察�and breach of trust�察�And flattery tipped with nauseous 

fleer�察�And guilt and shame�察�and servile fear�察�Envy�察�and cruelty�察�and pride�察�

Will in your tainted heart preside。 Heroes and heroines of old�察�By honour 

only were enrolled Among their brethren in the skies�察�To which ��though 

late�� shall Stella rise。 Ten thousand oaths upon record Are not so sacred as 

her word�察�The world shall in its atoms end Ere Stella can deceive a friend。 

By   honour   seated   in   her   breast�察  �She   still   determines   what   is   best�察  �What 



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indignation   in   her   mind�察�Against   enslavers   of   mankind�   �Base   kings   and 

ministers of state�察�Eternal objects of her hate。 She thinks that Nature ne'er 

designed�察�Courage to man alone confined�察�Can cowardice her sex adorn�察�

Which most exposes ours to scorn�察�She wonders where the charm appears 

In   Florimel's   affected   fears�察  �For   Stella   never   learned   the   art   At   proper 

times to scream and start�察�Nor calls up all the house at night�察�And swears 

she saw a thing in white。 Doll never flies to cut her lace�察�Or throw cold 

water in her face�察�Because she heard a sudden drum�察�Or found an earwig 

in a plum。 Her hearers are amazed from whence Proceeds that fund of wit 

and sense�察�Which�察�though her modesty would shroud�察�Breaks like the sun 

behind a cloud�察�While gracefulness its art conceals�察�And yet through every 

motion      steals。  Say�察  �Stella�察  �was    Prometheus      blind�察  �And    forming     you�察�

mistook your kind�拭�No�察�'twas for you alone he stole The fire that forms a 

manly soul�察�Then�察�to complete it   every way�察�He   moulded it with   female 

clay�察�To that you owe the nobler flame�察�To this�察�the beauty of your frame。 

How would ingratitude delight�拭�And how would censure glut her spite�拭�If 

I should Stella's kindness hide In silence�察�or forget with pride�察�When on 

my   sickly   couch   I   lay�察  �Impatient   both   of   night   and   day�察  �Lamenting   in 

unmanly strains�察�Called every power to ease my pains�察�Then Stella ran to 

my   relief With   cheerful   face   and   inward   grief�察�And   though   by   Heaven's 

severe   decree   She   suffers   hourly   more   than   me�察  �No   cruel   master   could 

require�察    �From     slaves   employed       for   daily   hire�察  �What    Stella    by   her 

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