Whilst Life by Fate is lent to me,
Whilst here below, I stay,
Religion, my sole businesse be,
And Poetry, my play.


The Poems of Anne, Countess of Winchilsea: From the Original Edition of 1713 and from Unpublished Manuscripts (1902 edition)


Whilst Life by Fate is lent to me, Whilst here below, I stay, Religion, my sole businesse be, And Poetry, my play.

Whilst Life by Fate is lent to me, Whilst here below, I stay, Religion, my sole businesse be, And Poetry, my play.

Whilst Life by Fate is lent to me, Whilst here below, I stay, Religion, my sole businesse be, And Poetry, my play.

Whilst Life by Fate is lent to me, Whilst here below, I stay, Religion, my sole businesse be, And Poetry, my play.