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Anne Kingsmill Finch's Poetry, by first line

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  • The Man And His Horse
    Within a Meadow, on the way,
    A sordid Churl resolv'd to stay,
    33 lines
  • Life's Progress
    How gayly is at first begun
    Our Life's uncertain Race!
    45 lines
  • Hope
    The Tree of Knowlege we in Eden prov'd;
    The Tree of Life was thence to Heav'n remov'd:
    9 lines, 1 comment
  • Moral Song
    Would we attain the happiest State,
    That is design'd us here;
    16 lines
  • Glass
    O Man! what Inspiration was thy Guide,
    Who taught thee Light and Air thus to divide;
    14 lines
  • The Dog And His Master
    NO better Dog e'er kept his Master's Door
    Than honest Snarl, who spar'd nor Rich nor Poor;
    28 lines
  • The Phoenix
    A Female Friend advis'd a Swain
    (Whose Heart she wish'd at ease)
    16 lines
  • A Song
    Persuade me not, there is a Grace
    Proceeds from Silvia's Voice or Lute,
    12 lines
  • Jealousy
    VAIN Love, why do'st thou boast of Wings,
    That cannot help thee to retire!
    12 lines
  • Three Songs
    LOVE, thou art best of Human Joys,
    Our chiefest Happiness below;
    37 lines
  • Mussulman's Dream
    Where is that World, to which the Fancy flies,
    When Sleep excludes the Present from our Eyes;
    39 lines
  • There's No To-Morrow
    Two long had Lov'd, and now the Nymph desir'd,
    The Cloak of Wedlock, as the Case requir'd;
    21 lines
  • Jupiter And The Farmer
    When Poets gave their God in Crete a Birth,
    Then Jupiter held Traffick with the Earth,
    30 lines
  • The Brass-Pot And Stone-Jugg
    A brazen Pot, by scouring vext,
    With Beef and Pudding still perplext,
    55 lines
  • Fanscomb Barn
    In Fanscomb Barn (who knows not Fanscomb Barn?)
    Seated between the sides of rising Hills,
    123 lines
  • The Poor Man's Lamb
    NOW spent the alter'd King, in am'rous Cares,
    The Hours of sacred Hymns and solemn Pray'rs:
    184 lines
  • The Spleen
    What art thou, SPLEEN, which ev'ry thing dost ape?
    Thou Proteus to abus'd Mankind,
    150 lines
  • La Passion Vaincue
    On the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid
    (Whom some Shepherd, neglecting his Vows, had betray'd,)
    14 lines
  • The Philosopher, the Young Man, and his Statue
    A Fond Athenian Mother brought
    A Sculptor to indulge her Thought,
    30 lines
  • The Shepherd And The Calm
    Soothing his Passions with a warb'ling Sound,
    A Shepherd-Swain lay stretch'd upon the Ground;
    58 lines
  • The Cautious Lovers
    Silvia, let's from the Croud retire;
    For, What to you and me
    56 lines
  • To Death
    O King of Terrors, whose unbounded Sway
    All that have Life, must certainly Obey;
    16 lines
  • Adam Pos'd
    Cou'd our First Father, at his toilsome Plough,
    Thorns in his Path, and Labour on his Brow,
    11 lines
  • The Equipage
    Since the Road of Life's so ill;
    I, to pass it, use this Skill,
    20 lines
  • The Young Rat And His Dam, The Cock And The Cat
    No Cautions of a Matron, Old and Sage,
    Young Rattlehead to Prudence cou'd engage;
    83 lines
  • The Executor
    A Greedy Heir long waited to fulfill,
    As his Executor, a Kinsman's Will;
    39 lines
  • Cupid And Folly
    CUPID, ere depriv'd of Sight,
    Young and apt for all Delight,
    37 lines
  • Verses
    Observe this Piece, which to our Sight does bring
    The fittest Posture for the Swedish King;
    18 lines
  • A Poem For The Birth-Day Of The Right Honble The Lady Catharine Tufton
    'Tis fit SERENA shou'd be sung.
    High-born SERENA, Fair and Young,
    76 lines
  • The Change
    POOR River, now thou'rt almost dry,
    What Nymph, or Swain, will near thee lie?
    56 lines
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