Katherine Philips (1631 - 1647)

Katherine Fowler was born on New Year's day, 1631 in London, England. In 1647, at the age of sixteen, Katherine was married to fifty-four-year old James Philips. Soon after, she formed the Society of Friendship where she and a small group of women wrote poems of love and friendship to one another. Each member took on a nickname--Philips became known from that point on as Orinda. She began writing to her friend Mary Aubrey (Rosania), but later wrote more to Anne Owen (Lucasia). Ladies, forming this kind of a group would be a great way to expand your friendships.

The poems are by default sorted according to volume, but you can also choose to sort them alphabetically or by page views.

Page Views	Poem	Comments
4116	Against Love	1 Comment
1881	Friendships Mystery, To My Dearest Lucasia
1731	A Retir'd Friendship
1728	The World
1556	To One Persuading A Lady To Marriage
1230	Content, To My Dearest Lucasia
1221	To My Excellent Lucasia, On Our Friendship
1202	La Solitude de St. Amant
981	To my dear Sister, Mrs. C. P. on her Nuptial
939	Epitaph on her Son H. P.
917	To Mrs. M. A. at Parting
819	To My Antenor	1 Comment
797	L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey.
782	In Memory of F.P.
742	Arion to a Dolphin, On His Majesty's passage into England.
728	Orinda upon Little Hector Philips
726	In memory of that excellent person Mrs. Mary Lloyd of Bodidrist in Denbigh-shire,
670	Orinda To Lucasia Parting October 1661 At London
650	6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey
593	To Mr. Vaughan, Silurist on His Poems