write a short note on the poetess felicia D. Hemans
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Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet. Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic status.Felicia Hemans:Felicia Dorothea Hemans (25 September 1793 – 16 May 1835) was an English poet. Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic status.
Felicia Hemans
Unknown woman, formerly known as Felicia Dorothea Hemans from
Born
25 September 1793
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died
16 May 1835 (aged 41)
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Occupation
Poet
Nationality
British
Period
Late Romantic
Genre
Poetry
Ancestry Edit
Felicia Hemans' paternal grandfather was George Browne of Passage, of County Cork, Ireland; her maternal grandparents were Benedict Paul Wagner (1718–1806), wine importer at 9 Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool, and Elizabeth Haydock Wagner (d. 1814) of Lancashire. Family legend gave the Wagners a Venetian origin; family heraldry an Austrian one. The Wagners' country address was North Hall near Wigan; they sent two sons to Eton College. Of three daughters, only Felicity married [this is in contradiction with what follows, which suggests that her sister Harriet also married, and thus needs to be verified]; her husband George Browne joined his father-in-law's business and succeeded him as Tuscan and imperial consul in Liverpool.[1]