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Whether Stella's eyes are found

DMI number:
32596
First Line:
Whether Stella's eyes are found
Last Line:
Ever can make or more or less
Poem Genre / Form:
Address and Couplet
Themes:
Beauty
Related People
Author:
Samuel Johnson
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Forster (1980): 55. As 'The Natural Beauty', Published in GM, Feb 1748, repr in many Johnson collections before 1900. Attributed to J in Perch's Collection (1770): III, 247, but not repr. in it, as Nichol Smith notes (451). He places it among 'doubtful', and Fleeman omits.
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [T116245] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.247-248
Poem Title:
The Natural Beauty. To Stella.
Attribution:
By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
Love tales and elegies with pastorals and other curious poems. Selected from the best authors. [T113367] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.152-153
Poem Title:
The Natural Beauty.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed