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The Poet

Felicia HermansFelicia Hemans was once a household name whose work was admired by Shelley and Wordsworth. Sadly, apart from “The Boy stood on the Burning Deck” and “The Stately Homes of England” (mercilessly parodied by Noel Coward) she is not often given the prominence she deserves today. She was born in Liverpool in 1793, the daughter of a prosperous wine merchant and died in Dublin in 1835. Her first poems were published when she was just 14 and she went on to complete 7 volumes of writings, in her short life.

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