WHAT I shall leave thee, none can tell, But all shall say I wish thee well; I wish thee, Vin, before all wealth, Both bodily and ghostly health; Nor too much wealth nor wit come to thee, So much of either may undo thee. I wish thee learning not for show, Enough for to instruct and know; Not such as gentlemen require To prate at table or at fire. I wish thee all thy mother's graces. Thy father's fortunes and his places. I wish thee friends, and one at court, Not to build on, but support; To keep thee not in doing many Oppressions, but from suffering any. I wish thee peace in all thy ways, Nor lazy nor contentious days; And, when thy soul and body part, As innocent as now thou art. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THIS DARK HOUSE by EDWARD DAVISON ITALY SWEET TOO! by JOHN KEATS CA' THE YOWES TO THE KNOWES' by ISOBEL (ISABEL) PAGAN MNEMOSYNE by TRUMBULL STICKNEY ANECDOTE FOR FATHERS by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH INSCRIPTION FOR AN ICE-HOUSE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ECLOGUE: THE 'LOTMENTS by WILLIAM BARNES VERSES WRITTEN IN A BLANK LEAF OF TIGHE'S 'PSYCHE' by BERNARD BARTON |