“And thou shalt in thy daughter see,
This picture, once, resembled thee.”
To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in Her Mother’s Arms (1724)
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Famous Ambrose Philips Quotes
“Studious of ease and fond of humble things.”
Epistle: "From Holland to a Friend in England" (1703), line 23
“Wearied then and glad of rest,
Like the linnet in the nest.”
To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in Her Mother’s Arms (1724)
“Timely blossom, Infant fair,
Fondling of a happy pair.”
To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in Her Mother’s Arms (1724)
“The stag in limpid currents with surprise
Sees crystal branches on his forehead rise.”
Epistle: "To the Earl of Dorset" (1709), line 39.
“The flowers anew returning seasons bring!
But beauty faded has no second spring.”
Lobbing, The First Pastoral (1709), line 55.
Ode: "On the Death of the Right Honourable William Earl Cowper" (1723), line 137.
“There solid billows of enormous size,
Alps of green ice, in wild disorder rise.”
Epistle: "To the Earl of Dorset" (1709), line 21.
