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[Page 48]
To Mrs. Shales.
1 I'll not fatigue Belinda's Ear
2 With telling her, "She's fair;"
3 Those Sounds so often she must hear
4 Of Shape, and Face, and Air.
5 Of Neck as white as falling Snow,
6 And Eyes that Love inspire;
7 What her Glass tells her, she must know,
8 And Repetitions tire.
9 Besides, the Nymph has too much Sense,
10 To pride in Good so frail;
11 Sees Beauty round beset with Harms,
12 And fears lest some prevail.
[Page 49]13 Lest flatt'ring Tongues in fair Disguise
14 Should Vanity instil;
15 Observes herself with watchful Eyes,
16 And shuns the baleful Ill:
17 Bids Caution wait on Innocence,
18 Lest Malice dare to blame;
19 Or Envy, with envenom'd Breath,
20 Should taint her lovely Name.
21 She knows, that ev'ry Hour that flies,
22 Brings Age upon its Wing:
23 And that ungrateful Word, She was!
24 Has Venom in its Sting.
25 She thanks kind Heav'n, that made her fair;
26 And knows that Heav'n design'd,
27 That lovely Form she wears, to grace
28 The Beauties of her Mind.
[Page 50]29 So when the sparkling Brilliant's set
30 In Silver, shining Oar;
31 It adds small Value to the Stone,
32 But makes it please the more.
Source edition
Chandler, Mary, 1687-1745. The Description Of Bath. A Poem. Humbly Inscribed To Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. By Mrs. Mary Chandler. The Third Edition. To which are added, Several Poems by the same Author [poems only]. London: Printed for James Leake, Bookseller in Bath, 1736, pp. 48-50. 77p. (ESTC T63103) (Page images digitized from a copy at Princeton University.)
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Other works by Mary Chandler
- A Description of Bath. Humbly Inscribed to Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia. ()
- A LETTER to Lady F—. From the Other World. ()
- A Letter to the Right Honourable the Lady Russel. Written at her Ladyship's Desire, on the Conversation at Breakfast. ()
- My Own EPITAPH. ()
- My WISH. ()
- On Mr. B—'s Garden. To Mrs. S—. ()
- On my Recovery. ()
- A POEM on the Princess Amelia. In Answer to Damon, who invited the Nymphs of Bath, to sing her Praise. ()
- A SONG. ()
- To Dr. Oliver, Who corrected my Bath Poem. ()
- To Miss Moor, On her FIRE-SCREEN. ()
- To Mrs. Boteler. A Description of her Garden. ()
- To Mrs. Jacob, On her Seat called, The Rocks, in Gloucestershire. ()
- To Mrs. Moor, A Poem on Friendship. Written in 1729. ()
- To Mrs. Stephens. ()
- To Mrs. Ward. ()
- To the Reverend Doctor S—. An Invitation to a Morning-Walk in the Spring. ()
- To the Reverend Mr. Sam. Chandler. On WISDOM. ()