To DEATH. 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. 122-123. [8],390p. ; 8⁰.

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To DEATH . O King of Terrors , whose unbounded Sway All that have Life , must certainly Obey The King , the Priest , the Prophet , all are Thine , Nor wou'd ev'n God ( in Flesh ) thy Stroke decline . My Name is on thy Roll , and sure I must Encrease thy gloomy Kingdom in the Dust . My Soul at this no Apprehension feels , But trembles at thy Swords , thy Racks , thy Wheels Thy scorching Fevers , which distract the Sense And snatch us raving , unprepar'd from hence ; At thy contagious Darts , that wound the Heads Of weeping Friends , who wait at dying Beds . Spare these , and let thy Time be when it will ; My Bus'ness is to Dye , and Thine to Kill . Gently thy fatal Sceptre on me lay , And take to thy cold Arms , insensibly , thy Prey .