Poems by Anne Kingsmill Finch
Man's Injustice Towards Providence
... (His Friend demands) where such right Schemes were bred ...
Moral Song
... The greatest Blessing, Heav'n do's give, ...
On Myselfe
... Pleasures, and Praise, and Plenty haue with me ...
On the Death of the Honourable Mr. James Thynne
... Then may those Show'rs, which take from Sorrow birth, ...
On The Hurricane
... your Friend Your Mother Earth, thro' long preceding Rains, ...
t of the Fifth Scene in the Second Act of Athalia
... [Mathan] Sure, Dreams like these are for Prevention given ...
Reformation
... Where Shepherds 'tend their Flocks, and Maids their Pails, ...
All Is Vanity
... Whilst weighty Reason sinks, and in the bottom's drown'd ...
Song
... In vain are charms, or smiles, or frowns, ...
The Appology
... (So weak are all since our first breach with Heav'n) ...
The Atheist And The Acorn
... And instanced in this: Behold, quoth he, that mighty thing, ...
The Bird and the Arras
... Seeming to mount in flight and aiming still more high ...
The Cautious Lovers
... Before that Love is born: Where some too soon themselves misplace ...
The Change
... For Friends, like those alas! thou ne'er did'st know ...
The Critick and the Writer of Fables
... But urge thy Pen, if thou wouldst move our Thoughts, ...