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Give me O indulgent Fate	A
Give me yet before I die	B
A sweet but absolute retreat	C
'Mongst paths so lost and trees so high	B
That the world may ne'er invade	D
Through such windings and such shade	D
My unshaken liberty	E
	-
No intruders thither come	F
Who visit but to be from home	G
None who their vain moments pass	H
Only studious of their glass	H
News that charm to list'ning ears	I
That false alarm to hopes and fears	I
That common theme for every fop	J
From the statesman to the shop	K
In those coverts ne'er be spread	L
Of who's deceas'd and who's to wed	L
Be no tidings thither brought	M
But silent as a midnight thought	M
Where the world may ne'er invade	D
Be those windings and that shade	D
	-
Courteous Fate afford me there	N
A table spread without my care	N
With what the neighb'ring fields impart	O
Whose cleanliness be all its art	O
When of old the calf was drest	O
Though to make an angel's feast	O
In the plain unstudied sauce	P
Nor truffle nor morillia was	Q
Nor could the mighty patriarchs' board	O
One far fetch'd ortolan afford	O
Courteous Fate then give me there	N
Only plain and wholesome fare	N
Fruits indeed would heaven bestow	O
All that did in Eden grow	O
All but the forbidden Tree	E
Would be coveted by me	E
Grapes with juice so crowded up	R
As breaking through the native cup	R
Figs yet growing candied o'er	S
By the sun's attracting power	S
Cherries with the downy peach	T
All within my easy reach	T
Whilst creeping near the humble ground	O
Should the strawberry be found	O
Springing wheresoe'er I stray'd	O
Through those windings and that shade	O
For my garments let them be	E
What may with the time agree	E
	-
Warm when Ph oe bus does retire	U
And is ill supplied by fire	S
But when he renews the year	V
And verdant all the fields appear	V
Beauty every thing resumes	W
Birds have dropp'd their winter plumes	W
When the lily full display'd	O
Stands in purer white array'd	O
Than that vest which heretofore	X
The luxurious monarch wore	X
When from Salem's gates he drove	Y
To the soft retreat of love	Z
Lebanon's all burnish'd house	A2
And the dear Egyptian spouse	A2
Clothe me Fate though not so gay	B2
Clothe me light and fresh as May	B2
In the fountains let me view	C2
All my habit cheap and new	C2
Such as when sweet zephyrs fly	B
With their motions may comply	B
Gently waving to express	D2
Unaffected carelessness	E2
No perfumes have there a part	O
Borrow'd from the chemist's art	O
But such as rise from flow'ry beds	F2
Or the falling jasmine sheds	F2
'Twas the odour of the field	O
Esau's rural coat did yield	O
That inspir'd his father's prayer	N
For blessings of the earth and air	N
Of gums or powders had it smelt	O
The supplanter then unfelt	O
Easily had been descried	O
For one that did in tents abide	O
For some beauteous handmaid's joy	G2
And his mother's darling boy	G2
	-
Let me then no fragrance wear	N
But what the winds from gardens bear	N
In such kind surprising gales	H2
As gather'd from Fidentia's vales	H2
All the flowers that in them grew	C2
Which intermixing as they flew	C2
In wreathen garlands dropp'd again	I2
On Lucullus and his men	I2
Who cheer'd by the victorious sight	O
Trebled numbers put to flight	O
Let me when I must be fine	J2
In such natural colours shine	J2
Wove and painted by the sun	K2
Whose resplendent rays to shun	K2
When they do too fiercely beat	O
Let me find some close retreat	O
Where they have no passage made	O
Through those windings and that shade	O

Anne Kingsmill Finch

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