WHAT I shall leave thee, none can tell, But all shall say I wish thee well; I wish thee, Vin, before all wealth, Both bodily and ghostly health; Nor too much wealth nor wit come to thee, So much of either may undo thee. I wish thee learning not for show, Enough for to instruct and know; Not such as gentlemen require To prate at table or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces. Thy father's fortunes and his places. I wish thee friends, and one at court, Not to build on, but support; To keep thee not in doing many Oppressions, but from suffering any. I wish thee peace in all thy ways, Nor lazy nor contentious days; And, when thy soul and body part, As innocent as now thou art. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DYING SWAN by THOMAS STURGE MOORE SEADRIFT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH HERMOTIMUS by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE FOUR ZOAS: NIGHTS THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH by WILLIAM BLAKE SONNET: 4. TO THE RIVER WENBECK by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES ULYSSES IN ITHACA by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR CONDOLATORY ADDRESS TO SARAH, COUNTESS OF JERSEY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |