Anne Kingsmill Finch

Anne Kingsmill Finch was an English poet of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Her poetry is known for its introspective themes, including meditations on nature, women’s experience, and personal loss. Biografie ↓Meer ↓

Meest voorkomende stemmingen

Meest voorkomende thema’s

Gedichten

Friendship Between Ephelia And Ardelia

Eph. What Friendship is, ARDELIA shew. Ard. 'Tis to love, as I love You. Eph. This Account, so short (tho' kind) Suits not my enquiring Mind. Therefore farther now repeat; What is Friendship when complete? Ard. 'Tis to share all Joy and Grief; 'Tis to lend all due Relief From the Tongue, the Heart, the Hand; 'Tis to mortgage House and Land; For a Friend be sold a Slave; 'Tis to die upon a Grave, If a Friend therein do lie. Eph. This indeed, tho' carry'd high, This, tho' more than e'er was done Underneath the rolling Sun,

Anne Kingsmill Finch

To A Husband

This is to the crown and blessing of my life, The much loved husband of a happy wife; To him whose constant passion found the art To win a stubborn and ungrateful heart, And to the world by tenderest proof discovers They err, who say that husbands can't be lovers. With such return of passion, as is due, Daphnis I love, Daphinis my thoughts pursue; Daphnis, my hopes and joys are bounded all in you. Even I, for Daphnis' and my promise' sake, What I in woman censure, undertake. But this from love, not vanity proceeds; You know who writes, and I who 'tis that reads. Judge not my passion by my want of skill: Many love well, though they express it ill; And I your censure could with pleasure bear,

Biografie

Anne Kingsmill Finch was an English poet, born in 1661 and died in 1720. She wrote during the Restoration and early Augustan periods, becoming one of the few widely recognized female poets of her time. Her verse often explores the natural world, melancholy, female friendship, and the constraints placed on women. She served as a maid of honour to Mary of Modena before her marriage to Heneage Finch, who later became the Earl of Winchilsea. Her husband actively supported her literary pursuits. Finch published a collection titled Miscellany Poems on Several Occasions in 1713, which included poems admired for their quiet contemplation and formal skill. Later poets, including William Wordsworth, valued her work and helped revive interest in it. She holds a place in literary history as an early English woman poet who achieved recognition beyond her immediate circle.

Learn Poems-app

Kies een kort gedicht van Finch en leer het vandaag uit je hoofd.

Stap voor stap leren, spraakopnames om te delen en herinneringen om te herhalen.