A LETTER to the same Person. 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. 278-279. [8],390p. ; 8⁰.

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A LETTER to the same Person Heneage Finch (1657-1726), Anne's husband, who was arrested in 1690, but later released. . SUre of Success , to You I boldly write , Whilst Love do's ev'ry tender Line endite ; Love , who is justly President of Verse , Which all his Servants write , or else rehearse . Phoebus ( howe'er mistaken Poets dream ) Ne'er us'd a Verse , till Love became his Theme . To his stray'd Son , still as his Passion rose , He rais'd his hasty Voice in clam'rous Prose : But when in Daphne he wou'd Love inspire , He woo'd in Verse , set to his silver Lyre . The Trojan Prince did pow'rful Numbers join To sing of War ; but Love was the Design : And sleeping Troy again in Flames was drest , To light the Fires in pitying Dido's Breast . Love without Poetry's refining Aid Is a dull Bargain , and but coarsely made ; Nor e'er cou'd Poetry successful prove , Or touch the Soul , but when the Sense was Love . Oh ! cou'd they both in Absence now impart Skill to my Hand , but to describe my Heart ; Then shou'd you see impatient of your Stay Soft Hopes contend with Fears of sad Delay ; Love in a thousand fond Endearments there , And lively Images of You appear . But since the Thoughts of a Poetick Mind Will never be to Syllables confin'd ; And whilst to fix what is conceiv'd , we try , The purer Parts evaporate and dye : You must perform what they want force to do , And think what your ARDELIA thinks of you . October 21. 1690.