Anne Killigrew

Anne Killigrew was an English poet and painter of the late 17th century. Her poetry, often moral and religious in subject, is best known through the posthumous collection and John Dryden's commemorative ode. Biographie ↓Plus ↓

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Anne Killigrew

HERODIAS Daughter presenting to her Mother St. JOHN's Head in a Charger, also Painted by her self

BEhold, dear Mother, who was late our Fear, Disarm'd and Harmless, I present you here; The Tongue ty'd up, that made all Jury quake, And which so often did our Greatness shake; No Terror sits upon his Awful Brow, Where Fierceness reign'd, there Calmness triumphs now; As Lovers use, he gazes on my Face, With Eyes that languish, as they sued for Grace; Wholly subdu'd by my Victorious Charms, See how his Head reposes in my Arms. Come, joyn then with me in my just Transport, Who thus have brought the Hermite to the Court.

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Anne Killigrew was born in 1660 and died in 1685. She served as a maid of honour to Mary of Modena, Duchess of York. Killigrew was both a poet and a painter, though only a few of her paintings survive. Her poems were published posthumously in a single volume in 1686. The collection includes odes, pastorals, and religious meditations. Her verse often explores themes of virtue, mortality, and divine love. Stylistically, it reflects the influence of the metaphysical poets. John Dryden honored her with his ode 'To the Pious Memory of the Accomplish'd Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew,' which praises her moral and artistic gifts. Though her output was small, she holds a place in English literary history largely due to Dryden's tribute. Her work offers insight into the intellectual and artistic pursuits of women in Restoration England.

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