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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON MYSELF, by ANNE FINCH Poet's Biography
First Line: Good heaven, I thank thee, since it was designed
Last Line: And in retirement, I can bless the shade.
Alternate Author Name(s): Kingsmill, Anne; Winchilsea, Countess Of
Subject(s): Self
First Line: Good heaven, I thank thee, since it was designed
Last Line: And in retirement, I can bless the shade.
Alternate Author Name(s): Kingsmill, Anne; Winchilsea, Countess Of
Subject(s): Self
Good heaven, I thank thee since it was designed
I should be framed but of the weaker kind,
That yet my soul is rescued from the love
Of all those trifles which their passions move.
Pleasures, and praise, and plenty have with me
But their just value. If allowed they be,
Freely and thankfully as much I taste
As will not reason or religion waste.
If they're denied, I on myself can live,
And slight those aids unequal chance does give:
When in the sun, my wings can be displayed,
And in retirement, I can bless the shade.
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