This to the Crown, and blessing of my life, <br />The much lov'd husband, of a happy wife. <br />To him, whose constant passion found the art <br />To win a stubborn, and ungratefull heart; <br />And to the World, by tend'rest proof discovers <br />They err, who say that husbands can't be lovers. <br />With such return of passion, as is due, <br />Daphnis I love, Daphnis my thoughts persue, <br />Daphnis, my hopes, my joys, are bounded all in you: <br />Ev'n I, for Daphnis, and my promise sake, <br />What I in women censure, undertake. <br />But this from love, not vanity, proceeds; <br />You know who writes; and I who 'tis that reads. <br />Judge not my passion, by my want of skill, <br />Many love well, though they express itt ill; <br />And I your censure cou'd with pleasure bear, <br />Wou'd you but soon return, and speak itt here.<br /><br />Anne Kingsmill Finch<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-letter-to-dafnis-april-2d-1685/
