To a Lady who defended the Author's Character
While other Females trifle Life away
In Dress and Scandal, Equipage and Play;
Stella, with Sense exalted and refin'd,
And each superior Grace adorns her Mind;
There Friendship, Honour, Truth, and Virtue live,
With all the Charms that Art or Nature give.
O how shall Words my Tenderness impart!
Or speak the Dictates of a grateful Heart!
To thee, fair Patroness! who could'st descend,
My Character thus nobly to defend.
Who would not wish to have sustain'd a Wrong,
To have their Cause supported by thy Tongue?
So disappointed Malice drops its Aim,
And what was meant to sink exalts my Fame.
In Dress and Scandal, Equipage and Play;
Stella, with Sense exalted and refin'd,
And each superior Grace adorns her Mind;
There Friendship, Honour, Truth, and Virtue live,
With all the Charms that Art or Nature give.
O how shall Words my Tenderness impart!
Or speak the Dictates of a grateful Heart!
To thee, fair Patroness! who could'st descend,
My Character thus nobly to defend.
Who would not wish to have sustain'd a Wrong,
To have their Cause supported by thy Tongue?
So disappointed Malice drops its Aim,
And what was meant to sink exalts my Fame.
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