Author: Anne Kingsmill Finch

A Citizen of mighty Pelf, But much a Blockhead, in himself Disdain’d a Man of shining Parts, Master of Sciences […]

Good Heav’n, I thank thee, since it was design’d I shou’d be fram’d, but of the weaker kinde, That yet, […]

Daphne’s Answer to Sylvia, declaring she Should esteem all as Enemies, Who should talk to her of LOVE. THEN, to […]

‘Tis true I write and tell me by what Rule I am alone forbid to play the fool To follow […]

[Silvia] Pretty Nymph! within this Shade, Whilst the Flocks to rest are laid, Whilst the World dissolves in Heat, Take […]

No sooner, FLAVIO, was you gone, But, your Injunction thought upon, ARDELIA took the Pen; Designing to perform the Task, […]

Who does not wish, ever to judge aright, And, in the Course of Life’s Affairs, To have a quick, and […]

To the Almighty on his radiant Throne, Let endless Hallelujas rise! Praise Him, ye wondrous Heights to us unknown, Praise […]

When such a day, blesst the Arcadian plaine, Warm without Sun, and shady without rain, Fann’d by an air, that […]

O Man! what Inspiration was thy Guide, Who taught thee Light and Air thus to divide; To let in all […]