Moral Song

Read 'Moral Song' by 'Anne Kingsmill Finch' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.

Moral Song by Anne Kingsmill Finch

 Would we attain the happiest State, 
That is design'd us here; 
No Joy a Rapture must create, 
No Grief beget Despair. 
No Injury fierce Anger raise, 
No Honour tempt to Pride; 
No vain Desires of empty Praise 
Must in the Soul abide. 
No Charms of Youth, or Beauty move 
The constant, settl'd Breast: 
Who leaves a Passage free to Love, 
Shall let in, all the rest. 
In such a Heart soft Peace will live, 
Where none of these abound; 
The greatest Blessing, Heav'n do's give, 
Or can on Earth be found.

Form: Lyric

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