Jupiter and the Farmer. Anne Finch (née Kingsmill), countess of Winchilsea Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T94539 pp. 274-5 K076314.000 Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720. Miscellany poems, on several occasions: Written by the Right Honble Anne, Countess of Winchilsea. London printed for J. B. and sold by Benj. Tooke, William Taylor, and James Round 1713 pp. 49-51. [8],390p. ; 8⁰.

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Jupiter and the Farmer . WHen Poets gave their God in Crete a Birth , Then Jupiter held Traffick with the Earth , And had a Farm to Lett : the Fine was high , For much the Treas'ry wanted a Supply , By Danaë's wealthy Show'r exhausted quite , and dry . But Merc'ry , who as Steward kept the Court , So rack'd the Rent , that all who made Resort Unsatisfy'd return'd , nor could agree To use the Lands , or pay his secret Fee ; 'Till one poor Clown ( thought subt'ler than the rest , Thro' various Projects rolling in his Breast ) Consents to take it , if at his Desire All Weathers tow'rds his Harvest may conspire ; The Frost to kill the Worm , the brooding Snow , The filling Rains may come , and Phoebus glow . The Terms accepted , sign'd and seal'd the Lease , His Neighbours Grounds afford their due Encrease The Care of Heav'n ; the Owner's Cares may cease . Whilst the new Tenant , anxious in his Mind , Now asks a Show'r , now craves a rustling Wind To raise what That had lodg'd , that he the Sheaves may bind . The Sun , th'o'er-shadowing Clouds , the moistning Dews He with such Contrariety does chuse ; So often and so oddly shifts the Scene , Whilst others Load , he scarce has what to Glean . O Jupiter ! with Famine pinch'd he cries , No more will I direct th' unerring Skies ; No more my Substance on a Project lay , No more a sullen Doubt I will betray , Let me but live to Reap , do Thou appoint the way .