The House of Socrates. 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. 124-125. [8],390p. ; 8⁰.

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The House of Socrates . FOR Socrates a House was built , Of but inferiour Size ; Not highly Arch'd , nor Carv'd , nor Gilt ; The Man , 'tis said , was Wise . But Mob despis'd the little Cell , That struck them with no Fear ; Whilst Others thought , there should not dwell So great a Person there . How shou'd a due Recourse be made To One , so much Admir'd ? Where shou'd the spacious Cloth be laid , Or where the Guests retir'd ? Believe me , quoth the list'ning Sage , 'T was not to save the Charge ; That in this over-building Age , My House was not more large . But this for faithful Friends , and kind , Was only meant by me ; Who fear that what too streight you find , Must yet contracted be .