THE NATURAL BEAUTY. TO STELLA. Samuel Johnson Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T116245 1136 K093079.003 Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London printed for G. Pearch 1770 pp. 247-248. 4v. ; 8⁰.

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THE NATURAL BEAUTY . TO STELLA . BY THE SAME . WHETHER STELLA's eyes are found Fix'd on earth , or glancing round , If her face with pleasure glow , If she sigh at others woe , If her easy air express Conscious worth , or soft distress , STELLA's eyes , and air , and face , Charm with undiminish'd grace . If on her we see display'd Pendant gems , and rich brocade ; If her chintz , with less expence , Flows in easy negligence ; Still she lights the conscious flame , Still her charms appear the same ; If she strikes the vocal strings , If she's silent , speaks , or sings , If she sit , or if she move , Still we love , and still approve . Vain the casual , transient glance , Which alone can please by chance ; Beauty , which depends on art , Changing with the changing heart , Which demands the toilet's aid , Pendant gems , and rich brocade ; I those charms alone can prize , Which from constant Nature rise , Which nor circumstance nor dress E'er can make or more or less .