The Tree of Knowledge we in Eden prov'd;
The Tree of Life was thence to Heav'n remov'd:
Hope is the growth of Earth, the only Plant,
Which either Heav'n, or Paradise cou'd want.


Hell knows it not, to Us alone confin'd,
And Cordial only to the Human Mind.
Receive it then, t'expel these mortal Cares,
Nor wave a Med'cine, which thy God prepares.

(C) Anne Kingsmill Finch
03/23/2017


Best Poems of Anne Kingsmill Finch

• The Change
• Hope
• Fragment At Tunbridge-wells
• Love, Death, And Reputation
• An Invitation To Dafnis
• On The Death Of The Honourable Mr. James Thynne
• A Suplication For The Joys Of Heaven
• To Edward Jenkinson, Esq
• Fanscomb Barn
• To The Painter Of An Ill-drawn Picture Of Cleone
• From The First Act Of The Aminta Of Tasso
• The Appology
• The Hog, The Sheep, And Goat, Carrying To A Fair
• To Mr. F. Now Earl Of W
• The Equipage
• The Atheist And The Acorn
• An Epistle From A Gentleman To Madam Deshouliers
• The Introduction