The Petition For An Absolute Retreat (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
GIVE me O indulgent Fate!Give me yet, before I Dye,A sweet, but absolute Retreat,'Mongst Paths so lost, and Trees so ...
GIVE me O indulgent Fate!Give me yet, before I Dye,A sweet, but absolute Retreat,'Mongst Paths so lost, and Trees so ...
THUS Tapistry of old, the Walls adorn'd, Ere noblest Dames the artful Shuttle scorn'd: Arachne, then, with Pallas did contest, ...
Weary, at last, of the Pindarick way, Thro' which advent'rously the Muse wou'd stray; To Fable I descend with soft ...
In such a Night, when every louder WindIs to its distant Cavern safe confin'd;And only gentle Zephyr fans his Wings, ...
A Quack, to no true Skill in Physick bred, With frequent Visits cursed his Patient's Bed; Enquiring, how he did ...
Silvia, let's from the Crowd retire; For, What to you and me (Who but each other do desire) Is all ...
Who does not wish, ever to judge aright, And, in the Course of Life's Affairs, To have ...
A Shepherd seeking with his Lass To shun the Heat of Day;Was seated on the shadow'd Grass, Near which ...
To view his stately Walks and Groves, A Man of Pow'r and PlaceWas hast'ning on; but as he roves,His ...
To view his stately Walks and Groves, A Man of Pow'r and Place Was hast'ning on; but as he roves, ...
Who does not wish, ever to judge aright, And, in the Course of Life's Affairs, To have a quick, and ...
Silvia, let's from the Crowd retire; For, What to you and me (Who but each other do desire) Is all ...
Weary, at last, of the Pindarick way, Thro' which advent'rously the Muse wou'd stray; To Fable I descend with soft ...
A Quack, to no true Skill in Physick bred, With frequent Visits cursed his Patient's Bed; Enquiring, how he did ...
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