Poems (1686)


Gelesen von Arthur Krolman

These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London -- only 70 years after William Shakespeare. Her diction is readily accessible to listeners after almost 350 years and the subjects on her mind we can imagine on the minds of educated young women today. She writes often of love, broken hearts and the beauty of reason and self-control -- as if she knew the Age of Enlightenment was just around the corner. She also opines intelligently and optimistically on death and the soul although she mentions God seldomly. More commonly she betrays her familiarity with Ovid referencing Greek nymphs and heroes while projecting herself in the scene in a charming girlish way. Her poetic prowess was noticed by critics who openly doubted a mere girl could write with such touching originality on her own. Her rejoinder verse in this collection shows admirable restraint and conclusivity. One only wonders what would have followed as she matured and what artistic output of Miss Killigrew the world has done without. She died of smallpox in her twenty-fifth year. - Summary by Arthur Krolman (1 hr 49 min)

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Alexandreis 6:50 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
To the Queen 4:36 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
A Pastoral Dialogue 2:53 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
On Death 2:57 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
Epigrams: First, Bellinda, Atheist, Galla and Farewell to Worldly Joys 4:29 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
The Complaint of a Lover 3:05 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
Love, the Soul of Poetry 1:37 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
To my Lady Berkeley, Afflicted upon her Son, My Lord Berkeley's Early Engaging … 4:32 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
St. John Baptist and Herodias 2:06 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
Two Nymphs of Diana 1:43 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
An Invective Against Gold 2:15 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
The Miseries of Man 17:45 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
Upon the saying that my Verses were made by another 4:48 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
On the Birthday of Queen Katherine 1:52 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
To My Lord Colrane, In Answer to his Complemental Verses sent me under the Name… 2:47 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
The Discontent 8:11 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
A Pastoral Dialogue 8:19 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
A Pastoral Dialogue with Meliboeus 17:39 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
On My Aunt, Mrs. A.K. 1:55 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
On a Young Lady whose Lord was Traveling 2:40 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
On the Duchess of Grafton 1:36 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
Penelope to Ulysses 2:22 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
An Epitaph on Herself 1:56 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman
Extemporary Counsel given to a Young Gallant in a Frolick 0:57 Gelesen von Arthur Krolman