“And thou shalt in thy daughter see,
This picture, once, resembled thee.”
To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in Her Mother’s Arms (1724)
Ambrose Philips, né en 1674 dans le Shropshire et mort à Londres le 18 juin 1749, est un poète anglais.
Député d’Armagh au Parlement d'Irlande, Philips s’est fait un nom comme poète par des Pastorales qui furent très goûtées. John Gay a néanmoins ridiculisé ses églogues dans son Shepherd’s Week. On cite, en outre, un poème de l’Hiver , une tragédie imitée d’Andromaque, sous le titre the Distressed Mother , etc.
Il fut le principal auteur du Free thinker . Wikipedia

“And thou shalt in thy daughter see,
This picture, once, resembled thee.”
To Miss Charlotte Pulteney in Her Mother’s Arms (1724)
“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.