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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG ON THE SOUTH SEA, by ANNE FINCH Poet's Biography
First Line: Ombre and basset laid aside, / new games employ the fair
Last Line: A place in female souls.
Alternate Author Name(s): Kingsmill, Anne; Winchilsea, Countess Of
Subject(s): South Sea Bubble (financial Scandal)
First Line: Ombre and basset laid aside, / new games employ the fair
Last Line: A place in female souls.
Alternate Author Name(s): Kingsmill, Anne; Winchilsea, Countess Of
Subject(s): South Sea Bubble (financial Scandal)
OMBRE and basset laid aside,
New games employ the fair;
And brokers all those hours divide
Which lovers used to share.
The court, the park, the foreign song
And harlequin's grimace,
Forlorn; amidst the city throng
Behold each blooming face.
With Jews and Gentiles undismayed
Young tender virgins mix,
Of whiskers nor of beards afraid,
Nor all the cozening tricks.
Bright jewels, polished once to deck
The fair one's rising breast,
Or sparkle round her ivory neck,
Lie pawned in iron chest.
The gayer passions of the mind
How avarice controls!
Even love does now no longer find
A place in female souls.
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