Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Who is Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont; 15 May 1689 – 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward Wortley Montagu, who later served as the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte. Lady Mary joined her husband in the Ottoman excursion, where she was to spend the next two years of her life. During her time there, Lady Mary wrote extensively on her experience as a woman in Ottoman Istanbul. After her return to England, Lady Mary devoted her attention to the upbringing of her family before dying of cancer in 1762.
Lady Mary is today chiefly remembered for her letters, particularly her Turkish Embassy Letters describing her travels to the Ottoman Empire, as wife to the Brit...
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Poems
- The Lady's Resolve
Written on a window, soon after her marriage, 1713.
Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame,
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- Epistle To Lord Hervey On The King's Birthday From The Country
Where I enjoy in contemplative chamber,
Lutes, laurels, seas of milk, and ships of amber.
Through shining crowds you now make way,
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- Town Eclogues: Wednesday
DANCINDA.
" NO, fair DANCINDA, no ; you strive in vain
" To calm my care and mitigate my pain ;
" If all my sighs, my cares, can fail to move,
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- Epithalamium
Since you, Mr. H**d, will marry black Kate,
Accept of good wishes for that blessed state:
May you fight all the day like a dog and a cat,
And yet ev'ry year produce a new brat.
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- A Character
Though a strong vanity may you persuade -- -
You are not for a politician made;
Your tropes are drawn from Robin Walpole's head,
Your sense is but repeating what he said;
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- Sultrymissem: "people wish their enemies dead-but i do not; i say give them the gout, give them the stone"
~lady mary wortley montagu
**i have friends who wish pink eye on their enemies**
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- Stanleyrogouski: he grew to a height of only 4 feet 6 inches. pope was removed from society as a catholic, and his poor health alienated him further. although he never married, he had many female friends to whom he wrote witty letters, including lady mary wortley montagu
- Smolcatte: "the lover’s guardian, and the muse’s aid!
by thy pale beams i solitary rove,
to thee my tender grief confide;
serenely sweet you gild the silent grove,
my friend, my goddess, and my guide …"
-lady mary wortley montagu
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