Chapter 8: Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661-1720).

The article presents several poems by Anne Finch. "All is Vanity." First Line: How vain is Life! which rightly we compare; Last Line: That Vanity's our Lot, and all Mankind is Vain. "An Invocation To Sleep." First Line: How shall I wooe thee gentle rest, Last Line: The surer Friend, tho' with the ha...

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Publicado en:	Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century: A Reader pp. 54 - 63
Formato:	Poem
Publicado:	Liverpool University Press 2004 Limited 1998
Materias:	All Is Vanity (Poem) Invocation to Sleep, An (Poem) Ardelia to Melancholy (Poem) Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720 Early Modern Period (Literary period)
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Sumario:	The article presents several poems by Anne Finch. "All is Vanity." First Line: How vain is Life! which rightly we compare; Last Line: That Vanity's our Lot, and all Mankind is Vain. "An Invocation To Sleep." First Line: How shall I wooe thee gentle rest, Last Line: The surer Friend, tho' with the harsher face. "Ardelia To Melancholy." First Line: At last, my old inveterate foe, Last Line: Whilst by decays without, thy Conquest too, is seen.