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
3154	Against Love
1497	A Retir'd Friendship
1483	Friendships Mystery, To My Dearest Lucasia
1458	The World
1016	To One Persuading A Lady To Marriage
919	Content, To My Dearest Lucasia
919	To My Excellent Lucasia, On Our Friendship
896	La Solitude de St. Amant
792	To my dear Sister, Mrs. C. P. on her Nuptial
627	To My Antenor	1 Comment
603	In Memory of F.P.
581	To Mrs. M. A. at Parting
568	In memory of that excellent person Mrs. Mary Lloyd of Bodidrist in Denbigh-shire,
551	L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey.
548	Arion to a Dolphin, On His Majesty's passage into England.
536	Epitaph on her Son H. P.
511	Orinda upon Little Hector Philips
473	Orinda To Lucasia Parting October 1661 At London
464	6th April 1651 L'Amitie: To Mrs. M. Awbrey
426	To Mr. Vaughan, Silurist on His Poems