May Probyn
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Juliana Mary Louisa Probyn, known as May Probyn (12 April 1856 – 29 March 1909) was an English poet, one of a group of lively and somewhat political British fin de siècle poets.[1] She published a novel in 1878, and became a Catholic convert in the following decade.[2]
Thomas Westwood the fishing writer was a friend.[3] Probyn is buried in the Roman Catholic cemetery at Mortlake.[4]
Works
- Once! Twice! Thrice! and Away! A Novel. (1878).
- Robert Tresilian. A Story (1880)
- Who Killed Cock Robin? (1880)
- Poems (1881)
- A Ballad of the Road, and Other Poems (1883.)
Her poem "Is it nothing to you" is in the Oxford Book of English Verse.[5]
References
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- "May Probyn", in William B. Thesing, Victorian Women Poets, 1998. Volume 199 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
External links
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- Works by May Probyn at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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