May Probyn

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]

, the fishing writer, was a friend.^[3] Probyn is buried in St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church, Mortlake.^[4]^[5]

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.^[6]

References[]

^ Marshall, Gail (2 August 2007). The Cambridge Companion to the Fin de Siècle. Cambridge University Press. pp. 234–5. ISBN 978-0-521-85063-6.
^ Kreuger, Christine L. (1 January 2009). Encyclopedia of British Writers, 19th and 20th Centuries. Infobase Publishing. pp. 277–. ISBN 978-1-4381-0870-4.
^ Moine, Dr Fabienne (28 November 2015). Women Poets in the Victorian Era: Cultural Practices and Nature Poetry. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4724-6477-4.
^ Meller, Hugh: Parsons, Brian (2011). London Cemeteries: An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer (Fifth ed.). Stroud, Gloucestershire: The History Press. p. 261. ISBN 978 0 7524 6183 0.
^ Probyn, May
^ Publicappeal.org Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine at www.publicappeal.org