<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345287" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>La Passion Vaincue</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">On the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid <br>(Whom some Shepherd, neglecting his Vows, had betray'd,) <br>Stood resolving to banish all Sense of the Pain, <br>And pursue, thro' her Death, a Revenge on the Swain. <br>Since the Gods, and my Passion, at once he defies; <br>Since his Vanity lives, whilst my Character dies; <br>No more (did she say) will I trifle with Fate, <br>But commit to the Waves both my Love and my Hate. <br>And now to comply with that furious Desire, <br>Just ready to plunge, and alone to expire, <br>Some Reflection on Death, and its Terrors untry'd, <br>Some Scorn for the Shepherd, some Flashings of Pride <br>At length pull'd her back, and she cry'd, Why this Strife, <br>Since the Swains are so Many, and I've but One Life?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anne+Kingsmill+Finch">Anne Kingsmill Finch</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345287" data-title="La Passion Vaincue de Anne Kingsmill Finch" data-description="On the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid (Whom some Shepherd, neglecting his Vows, had betray'd,) Stood resolving to banish all Sense of the Pain, And pursue, thro' her Death, a Revenge on the Swain. Since the Gods, and my Passion, at once ..."></div> </div> </div>

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