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• Title:Verses on their birth-days to Stella and Athenia from 1750-1754, [ca. 1754].
  
• Physical Description:1 v. (71 p.) ; 18 x 12 cm.
  

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  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
    Request for Use in the Beinecke Reading Room
    
    
  • Call Number: Osborn c238
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:Pasted inside front cover: remains of bookplate.
  Title from title page.
  Marbled endpapers.
  Binding: contemporary green morocco with gilt decoration.
  In English.
  For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
  
• Summary:Manuscript, in a single hand, of ten birthday poems, five addressed to Stella and five to Athenia. The first poem to Stella makes reference to Jonathan Swift's poetry to Stella, whereby the author announces his intention to follow Swift in his own birthday addresses to Stella. The poems praise the women's morals; discuss the effects of aging and the importance of character over physical beauty, and encourage their readers to follow God. One poem alludes to Stella's desire to become a nun.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Cite as:Verses on Their Birth-Days to Stella and Athenia. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
  
• Subjects:Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
  Birthdays--Poetry.
  English poetry--18th century.
  Occasional verse, English.
  Women--Conduct of life.
  Great Britain--Religious life and customs--18th century.
  Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.