The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II

To Mrs Anne Killigrew

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To the pious memory of the accomplished young lady, Mrs Anne Killigrew, excellent in the two sister arts of Poesy and Painting: an Ode.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 34: 'Killigrew:' a lady of remarkable promise alike in painting and poetry; maid of honour to the Duchess of York; died at the age of 25, in 1685; her father an eminent clergyman, her brother a wit.]

[Footnote 35: 'Orinda:' Mrs Catherine Philips, author of a book of poems, died, like Mrs Killigrew, of the small-pox, in 1664, being only thirty-two years of age.] -