...hear the finest boy." , And Stella he has thus addressed : " Thou, Stella, wert no longer young, Wheu first for thee my harp I strung ; Without one word...and esteem possest, I ne'er admitted love a guest." * The sense of decency which uniformly gave way before the slightest temptation to exercise his wit,...

...merit and the praise are yours. Thou, Stella, wert no longer young, When first for thee my harp was strung, Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing...and esteem possest, I ne'er admitted Love a guest. In all the habitudes of life, The friend, the mistress, and the wife, Variety we still pursue, In pleasure...

...Should be approved in aftertimes ; If it both pleases and endures, The merit and the praise are yours. Thou, Stella, wert no longer young', When first for thee my harp was strung, Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing eyes, or bleeding hearts ; With friendship...

...That mm.rrnt «Irlipht lu* took To яее the virgin mind htr book, Was but the master's secret joy hi school to hear the finest boy." And Stella he has...longer young. When first for thee my harp I strung j t one word of Cupid's darts. . Of killing eyes, or bleeding hearts : With friendship and esteem posscst....

...unhappiness he was thus laying the foundation of in the heart of another. Even to Stella he says : " Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing eyes...and esteem possest, I ne'er admitted love a guest, "(a) In one of his letters to Dr. Stopford, on the subject of Stella's illness, written in an agony...

...unhappiness he was thus laying the foundation of in the heart of another. Even to Stella he says: " Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing eyes...and esteem possest, I ne'er admitted love a guest." In the first letter of the "Journal to Stella," the usual coldness of Swift appears to have transiently...

...merit and the praise are yours. Thou, Stella, wert no longer young, When first for thee my harp was strung, Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing...eyes, or bleeding hearts ; With friendship and esteem posscst, I ne'er admitted Love a guest. In all the habitudes of life, The friend, the mistress, and...

...merit and the praise are yours. Thou, Stella, wert no longer young, When first for thee my harp was strung, Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing...eyes, or bleeding hearts ; With friendship and esteem possess'd, I ne'er admitted Love a guest. In all the habitudes of life, The friend, the mistress, and...

...side the grave. To Stella, Swift had written of his attachment in these half-offensive terms : — 1 ' Thou, Stella, wert no longer young, When first for...and esteem possest, I ne'er admitted love a guest.' This farce, this pretence of mere friendship, tragic in its effects, was performed till Stella was...

...admiration and regard, but a regard carefully distinguished from the love he had chosen to renounce. ' Thou, Stella, wert no longer young When first for...eyes, or bleeding hearts. With friendship and esteem possessed, I ne'er admitted love a guest.' In some of these verses, however, there are hints at occasional...