ADAM POSED BY ANNE FINCH, COUNTNESS OF WINCHILSEA(1661-1720)

                                             Could our first father, at his toilsome plow,
                                              Thorns in his path, and labor on his brow,
                                              Clothed only in a rude, unpolished skin,
                                            Could he a vain fantastic nymph have seen,
                                                 In all her airs, in all her antic graces,
                                            Her various fashions, and more various faces;
                                           How had it posed that skill, which late assigned     
                                                Just appellation  to each several kind!
                                                 A right idea of the sight to frame;
                                          T'have guessed from what new element she came;
                                     T'have hit the wav'ring  form, or giv'n this thing a name.