These Poems by Anne Killigrew are thoughtful reflections on death, love, and the human condition in the pastoral form. Anne Killigrew (1660â1685) was an English poet and painter, described by contemporaries as "A Grace for beauty, and a Muse for wit." Excerpt: "THou Youngest Virgin-Daughter of the Skies, Made in the last Promotion of the Blest; Whose Palmes, newly plucked from Paradise, In spreading Branches more sublimely rise, Rich with Immortal Green above the rest: Whether adopted to some Neighbouring Star, Thou rolled above us, in thy wandering Race, Or, in Procession fixed and regularâŚ"