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Anne Kingsmill Finch - To A HusbandAnne Kingsmill Finch - To A Husband
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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, Would you but soon return, and speak it here.
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