By a lady
Details
Type: Index
Record number: INDEX/BCMSV/775 (Lt 9 )
Title: By a lady
Author: Johnson, Esther;, i.e. Stella ?
Attribution: A lady
Date(s): 1724 (published)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/98680
Description
Notes: (If it be)
First lines: If it be true celestial pow'rs
That you have found me fair
Last lines: What envious time takes from my face
Bestow upon my mind
Length: 8
Verse form: 2 stanzas, abab
Contents: Request that as her beauty diminishes her mind should improve