Here you will find thePoemA Letter To Dafnis April: 2d 1685of poet Anne Kingsmill Finch
This to the Crown, and blessing of my life, The much lov'd husband, of a happy wife. To him, whose constant passion found the art To win a stubborn, and ungratefull heart; And to the World, by tend'rest proof discovers They err, who say that husbands can't be lovers. With such return of passion, as is due, Daphnis I love, Daphnis my thoughts persue, Daphnis, my hopes, my joys, are bounded all in you: Ev'n I, for Daphnis, and my promise sake, What I in women 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 itt ill; And I your censure cou'd with pleasure bear, Wou'd you but soon return, and speak itt here.
